 
. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/FRA/33 
13 May 2004 
 
 (04-2137) 
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 the Interior 
Directorate of Civil Defence and Safety 
Place Beauvau 75800 PARIS Cedex 08 
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Single-layer or 
composite acoustic, thermal a nd other insulation products. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Order Approving 
Provisions Supplementing and Amending the Safe ty Regulations Governing Fire and Panic 
Hazards in Establishments Open  to the Public (20 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation defines the fire behaviour requirements for 
insulation products. 
 A guide to the use of combustible insula tion materials in establishments open to the 
public outlines the constructional solutions empl oying heat shields that may be installed 
without authorization and introduces the possibility of using other shields or installing other 
constructional solutions subject to authorization. 
 The thermal action used as a reference fo r assessing the heat-shield function is the 
temperature-time curve of the standardi sed thermal programme (NF EN 13501-2). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Integrate technical and legal innovations in this area. 
8. Relevant documents:   None G/TBT/N/FRA/33 
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 9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2006  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days 
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:   
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 
 