 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/32 
9 February 2004 
 (04-0478) 
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:       
Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs 
Directorate-General of Food and Nutrition Department of Plant Protection and Quality  251, rue de Vaugirard, 75732 Paris cedex 15 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):  Basic mineral 
amendments  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Order Amending the 
Order of 5 September 2003 Establishing th e Mandatory Implementation of Standards 
(2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Mandatory implementation of French Standard (NF) U 44-001/A2 
– Basic mineral amendments. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 This Order relates primarily to the ma ndatory implementation of a new French 
Standard:  Standard NF U 44-001/A (J uly 2003) – Basic mineral amendments. 
 
 Standard NF U 44-001/A2 establishes the names and specifications for two basic mineral amendments, one resulting from the decal cification of borehole water and the other 
obtained during the manufacture of kraft pulp.  
 Implementation of this Standard has b een made mandatory for public health 
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 8. Relevant documents:  As already specified in Notification No. 2002/460-461/F: 
Customs Code, in particular Article 38; 
Consumer Code, in par ticular Article L214-1; 
Rural Code, in particular Article L 255-2; Law No. 41-1987 of 24 May 1941 on standardization; 
Decree No. 84-74 of 26 January 1984, as amended, establishing the Standardization Code, in 
particular Article 12; Order of 4 December 1974 approving and cancelling standards. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  August 2004  
10. Final date for comments:  End of April 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site address es, if available, of other body:   
CINORTECH (National Information Centre on Standards and Technical Regulations) 
AFNOR (French Standards Association) 
11, avenue Francis de Pressensé 
93571 SAINT-DENIS-LA PLAINE Cedex 
  