WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/357
18 August 2000
(00-3336)
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 the Economy, Finance and Industry, Directorate for Gas,
Electricity and Coal
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 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):   Electric power
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
Amendments to the Draft Order Setting the Criteria to be met for the Distribution of
Electric Power (full text:  55 pages)
6. Description of content:   This Order sets the technical criteria to be met for the distribution
of electric power.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
These amendments concern the draft Order already notified under reference
98/0092/F, which updates the Order of 2 April 1991 setting the technical criteria to be met
for the distribution of electric power;  some wording has been amended or added in order to
take into account events that occurred after the draft was prepared.
8. Relevant documents:
- Law of 15 June 1906, as amended, on energy distribution, in particular Article 19;
- Order of 2 April 1991 setting the criteria to be met for the distribution of electric 
power;
- Opinion of the Technical Committee on Electricity of 21 June 2000.
9.Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed entry into force: }End 2000
10. Final date for comments:
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   CINORTECH