. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/118 
13 August 2010 
 (10-4312) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  FRANCE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministère de l'économie, de l'industrie  et de l'emploi  
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment) 
Direction générale de la concurrence, de la  consommation et de la répression des fraudes  
(Directorate-General for Competition, C onsumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention) 
Bureau C2 59, boulevard Vincent Auriol Télédoc: 051-75703 Paris Cedex 13 Tel.: 01 44 97 32 00 
Fax: 01 44 97 24 86 
E-mail: c2@dgccrf.finances.gouv.fr 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Processing aids used in 
certain foods. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Arrêté du [...] 
modifiant l'arrêté du 19 octobre 2006 relatif à l'emploi d'auxiliaires technologiques dans la 
fabrication de certaines denrées alimentaires (Order of [...] amending the Order of 
19 October 2006 concerning the use of processing aids in the manufacture of certain foods) 
(7 pages) 
6. Description of content:   The draft text amends the Or der of 19 October 2006 concerning 
the use of processing aids in the manufacture of certain foods. G/TBT/N/FRA/118 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The draft text authorizes a new use for peracetic acid that has recently been approved by the 
French Food Safety Agency ( Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments , 
AFSSA).  It authorizes, under the principle of mutual recognition, the use of two enzymes already assessed in Denmark.  It aligns requirements for the use of sodium hypochlorite 
with provisions relating to the use of chlorine  gas in respect of the washing of fresh-cut 
fruit, in view of the chemical equivalence of  the two processes.  The text also specifies 
requirements governing consumer  information and the labelli ng of products reconstituted 
using transglutaminase, in response to  a request from the European Commission 
(notification 2009/0426/F). 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 2001-725 of 31 July 2001 concerning processing aids 
that may be used in the manufacture of foods for human consumption, as amended by Decree No. 2004-187 of 26 February 2004, in pa rticular Article 2 thereof;  Order of 
19 October 2006 concerning the use of processing aids in the manufacture of certain foods. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }November 2010 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
National enquiry point 
CINORTECH AFNOR 
11 avenue Francis de Pressensé 
93571 SAINT-DENIS - LA PLAINE cedex 
Also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/fra/10_3102_00_f.pdf