RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.321
9November 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3472)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 2.9.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: FRANCE
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofIndustry -Directorate-General ofIndustrial Strategies
-SQUALPI -22,rueMonge -75005 PARIS
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Domestic appliances:
vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, clothes washing machines, driers, heaters, refrigerators,
freezers, electric cookers.
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Order establishing theMandatory
Application ofStandards (4pages)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisOrder provides forafurther amendment totheOrder of
23July1987, asamended, establishing themandatory application ofstandards for
advertising orinformation concerning thecharacteristics ofdomestic appliances.
7. Objective andrationale: TheOrder hastwopurposes:
-Toreplace theprevious French Standards given intheAnnex bythenewstandards
embodying theEuropean Standards;
-toaddthefollowing appliances inTable 1(noise measurement -domestic appliances)
oftheAnnex: clothes washing machines anddriers, heaters, refrigerators and
freezers. Theobjective istoensure fairtrade andproper consumer information by
setting common rules foradvertising orinformation concerning thenoise ofthe
appliances concerned.
8. Relevant documents: Order of23July1987 establishing theMandatory Application of
Standards lastamended bytheOrder of5November 1992.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 15February 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 15January 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: (CINORTECH)