On 5 March 1933, the official standard of the breed was adopted by the Société Centrale Canine, the national kennel club for France. This was largely due to the success of the French-speaking Belgian author Hergé's "The Adventures of Tintin", which featured a small, fluffy, white fox terrier dog named Milou (translated to Snowy in the English editions). As the breed was known by two names at that time, the Tenerife and the Bichon, the president of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale proposed a name based on the characteristics that the dogs presented – the Bichon À Poil Frisé, later shortened to Bichon Frisé. On 18 October 1934, the Bichon Frisé was admitted to the stud book of the Société Centrale Canine.