. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/FRA/13
30 July 2002
(02-4214)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, Energy Demand and
Markets Division (DIDEME)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
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):   Electrical power.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order on the
Technical Design and Operation Requirements for Electric Power-Generating Equipment
Seeking Connection to a Public Distribution Network.  (Full text:  9 pages).
6. Description of content:  This draft Order specifies the technical regulations for the design
and operation of electric power-generating equipment seeking HT or LT connection to
public distribution networks.  It supplements the related provisions of the Decree on thegeneral technical design and operation requirements for equipment seeking connection to
public distribution networks.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable: 
Law No. 2000-108 of 10 February 2000 provides for free user access to public
electricity transmission and distribution networks insofar as connection of the equipment
does not compromise safe network operability.  Article 18 of this Law provides that the
technical requirements for connection to public distribution networks are laid down byDecree.  This draft Order specifies the general regulations for power-generating equipment
laid down by this Decree.
8. Relevant documents:  Law No. 2000-108 of 10 February 2000 on the modernization and
development of the public electricity service.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }November 2002
10. Final date for comments:   End of October 2002G/TBT/N/FRA/13
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
National Enquiry Point
CINORTECH (National Information Centre on Standards and Technical Regulations)
AFNOR (French Standards Association)11, avenue Francis de Pressensé
93571 SAINT-DENIS-LA PLAINE CEDEX