. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/FRA/138 
22 June 2012 
 (12-3328) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   FRANCE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et du Commerce Extérieur  (Ministry of the 
Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade) 
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 4B - 59, boulevard Vincent Auriol - Télédoc 051 75703 Paris Cédex 13 E-mail: bureau-4B @dgccrf.finances.gouv.fr  
Tel.: +33 1 44 97 32 00 
Fax: +33 1 44 97 30 37 
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):   Use of processing aids 
in the manufacture of certain foodstuffs 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Arrêté modifiant 
l'arrêté du 19 octobre 2006 relatif à l'empl oi d'auxiliaires technologiques dans la 
fabrication de certaines denrées alimentaires  (Order amending the Order of 
19 October 2006 on the use of processing aids  in the manufacture of certain foodstuffs) 
(7 pages, in French).  
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Order amends  the Order of 19 October 2006 on 
the use of processing aids in the manufacture of certain foods and beverages for human consumption. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified text authorizes the use of a hop extract in the production of yeast and 
authorizes or amends the conditions of use of seven enzymes.  G/TBT/N/FRA/138 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Décret n°2011-509
1 du 10 mai 2011 fixant les conditions 
d'autorisation et d'utilisation des auxiliai res technologiques pouvant être employés dans la 
fabrication des denrées destinées à l'alimen tation humaine, notamment son article 5 
(Decree No. 2011-509 of 10 May 2011 establishing the conditions for the authorization and 
use of processing aids permitted in the manufact ure of foods for human consumption, in 
particular Article 5 thereof) (available in French) 
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9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   - 
1 November 2012 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and 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 
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/FRA/12_2224_00_F.pdf  
 
                                                      
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