WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.264
3 June 1999
(99-2244)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 Public Works, Transport and Housing
Directorate of Road Safety and Traffic
Arche de la Défense Paroi Sud
92055 PARIS LA DEFENSE Cédex
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):   Motor vehicles using
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as energy source.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Order Regulating the
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Installations of Motor Vehicles (3 pages)
6. Description of content:   The draft Order notified makes mandatory, for LPG installations
of motor vehicles, the provisions of Geneva Regulation No. 67, in its amended version as
adopted in November 1998.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The aim of the amended text is to improve the safety of vehicles using LPG as energy
source.
8. Relevant documents:
- Revised version of Regulation No. 67, annexed to the Geneva Agreement of
20 March 1958, concerning the approval of the special equipment of motor vehicles
using liquefied petroleum gas in their propulsion system;  and
- Order of 15 January 1985 concerning the equipment of motor vehicles using as
source of energy liquefied petroleum gas, most recently amended by the Order of
27 May 1994.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2000 for part of the provisions of amended
Regulation No. 67 and 1 January 2001 for all the provisions of this Regulation.
10. Final date for comments:   Three months
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [   ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   AFNOR - CINORTECH