WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/FRA/8
11 October 2001
(01-4936)
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:   Directorate of Regional Action and Small and Medium Sized
Industry (DARPMI) – Metrology Divisi on, 20 avenue de Ségur, 75353 Paris 07 SP.
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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):   Measuring instruments
subject to statutory metrological control.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Order establishing
rules for the application of certain prov isions of Decree No. 2001-387 of 3 May 2001
concerning the control of measuring instruments. 21 pages, in French.
6. Description of content:   The draft does not itself set requirements for these products, but
establishes the general rules for their control, pursuant to Decree No. 2001-387.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
To establish rules under the above Decree.
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 2001-387 of 3 May 2001 concerning the Control of
Measuring Instruments.  Decree of 30 November 1944, much of which has been repealed,
but which is mentioned with reference to the list of premises it establishes in Article 12.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Final quarter 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  Final quarter 2001
10. Final date for comments:   15 October 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
CINORTECH,
AFNOR,
Tour Europe – Cédex 07,
92049 Paris La Defense.