WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.129
9March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0931)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FRANCE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheEconomy, Finance andIndustry, Direction
Générale delaConcurrence, delaConsommation etdelaRépression desFraudes
(DGCCRF)
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Electronic calculators
withaspecial function forconverting thenational currency intoEuros.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Decree Concerning
Electronic Calculators withaSpecial Function forConverting theNational Currency into
Euros.
6. Description ofcontent: ThisDecree concerns theuseofpocket electronic calculators
with aspecial function forconverting francs intoEuros andvice-versa and, as
appropriate, converting onecurrency intoanother.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: The
introduction oftheEuro willrequire themarketing ofcalculators forconverting national
currencies intoEuros. Thisdraft Decree establishes therequirements which must be
metbysuchproducts, inaccordance withRegulation 1103/97 oftheEuropean Council.
8. Relevant documents: Basic texts:
- Regulation (EC) No.1103 oftheCouncil of17June1997
- Consumption Code, Articles L.214-1 andL.214-2
- Penal Code, Article R.610-1
- Customs Code, Article 38
9. Proposed dateofadoption: June1998
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: January 1999
10. Final dateforcomments: May1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
CINORTECH
Mme Vaquier (AFNOR)
Tour Europe -Cédex 07
92049 PARIS LADEFENSE