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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/140 | France | 2012 | Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy conservation and efficiency
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Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | Order amending the Annex to the Order of 20 July…
Order amending the Annex to the Order of 20 July 2011 approving the Th-B-C-E calculation method provided for in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of the Order of 26 October 2010 concerning the thermal characteristics of and energy performance requirements for new buildings and new parts of buildings
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/141 | France | 2012 | Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy conservation and efficiency
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Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | Order regarding the contents of applications for…
Order regarding the contents of applications for and the conditions for the award of the high energy performance label for buildings
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/153 | France | 2013 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing, Forestry | Decree on a common set of symbols informing the…
Decree on a common set of symbols informing the consumer about recyclable products subject to a system of extended producer responsibility associated with waste sorting instructions
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/155 | France | 2014 | Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy conservation and efficiency
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Professional rules for determining the…
Professional rules for determining the characteristics of materials with a view to conducting a regulatory thermal study as part of a project for the construction of a new building
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/156 | France | 2014 | General environmental protection | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Decree No. 2013-1264 of 23 December 2013…
Decree No. 2013-1264 of 23 December 2013 concerning the environmental declaration for certain construction products used in buildings
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/158 | France | 2014 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Order concerning the thermal characteristics of…
Order concerning the thermal characteristics of and energy performance requirements for new buildings and new parts of buildings with a small surface area, and various simplifications
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/164 | France | 2015 | Biodiversity and ecosystem, Soil management and…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Soil management and conservation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture, Chemicals | The notified Order provides for the mandatory…
The notified Order provides for the mandatory implementation of three standards:
NF U42-001/A12 – Engrais – Dénominations et spécifications (Standard NF U42-001/A12 – Fertilizers – Designations and specifications) This Standard amends Standard NF U42-001 of December 1981 on organic fertilizers of animal and/or plant origin. It supplements Amendment A10 to NF U42-001:1981 which applies to products that meet the current definition of organic fertilizers of animal and/or plant origin. Draft Standard NF U42-001/A12 amends Standard NF U42-001 on fertilizers, and applies to fertilizers derived from anaerobically-digested and composted slurry. It also establishes the designations, specifications, minimum levels of nutrients, declared contents and other identification markings for this type of organic fertilizer. [...] NF U44-003 – Amendements basiques contenant des matières d'intérêt agronomique issues du traitement biologique des eaux (Standard NF U44-003 – Basic soil amendments containing materials of agronomic interest derived from biological water treatment) This Standard establishes the designations, definitions, specifications, and labelling requirements for, and the characteristics of basic soil amendments containing materials of agronomic interest, derived from the biological treatment of urban waste water at waste water treatment plants governed by the Water Law, and treated with lime. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/165 | France | 2015 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | The sector of extended producer responsibility in…
The sector of extended producer responsibility in respect of specific household diffuse waste (used tins of paint, solvents, plant protection products, etc.) has been operational since April 2013. Article L. 541-10-4 of the French Environmental Code provides for the implementation of a set of symbols informing users that this waste is subject to specific waste sorting instructions and must not be thrown away together with household waste .
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/166 | France | 2016 | Environmentally friendly consumption, Waste…
Environmentally friendly consumption, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Services | The notified Decree defines the conditions for…
The notified Decree defines the conditions for the implementation of the legislative provisions of the Environmental Code that seek to ban the provision of disposable plastic bags, with the exception, for bags other than carrier bags, of compostable bags that may be disposed of with household composting waste and which are entirely or partially composed of biosourced materials. To this end, it establishes the methods of application of point II of Article L. 541-10-5 of the Environmental Code and, in particular, the definition and characteristics of disposable plastic bags, carrier bags and compostable bags that may be disposed of with household composting waste , as well as the expected composition of " biosourced " plastic bags. Lastly, it specifies the information that must be displayed on plastic bags to inform the consumer of their composition and use.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/FRA/169 | France | 2016 | Biodiversity and ecosystem, Sustainable and…
Biodiversity and ecosystem, Sustainable and environmentally friendly production, Waste management and recycling, Water management and conservation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Decree prohibiting the placing on the market of…
Decree prohibiting the placing on the market of cotton buds for domestic use that have a plastic stem, in accordance with the second paragraph of point III of Article L.541-10-5 of the Environmental Code
This Decree defines the conditions for the implementation of the legislative provisions of the Environmental Code that seek to prohibit, from 1 January 2020, the placing on the market of cotton buds for domestic use that have a plastic stem, with the exception of the devices defined in Articles L.5211-1 and L.5221-1 of the Public Health Code. In this context, it sets out the implementation procedures for the second paragraph of point III of Article L.541-10-5 of the Environmental Code and, in particular, the definitions and characteristics of these cotton buds. This regulatory provision is issued pursuant to a legislative provision aimed at reducing the production of plastic marine litter and therefore contributes to achieving the good environmental status of marine waters to which France is committed under its international and European obligations (Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) - Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008) . Marine litter is one of the 11 descriptors for determining the good environmental status of marine waters defined in the MSFD. Furthermore, litter on beaches is a common indicator for monitoring the quality of the marine environment in the context of the OSPAR Convention (for the protection of the north-east Atlantic) . The plastic stems of cotton buds are among the 10 litter items most commonly found on beaches (source: beach clean ing associations), as they are not stopped by water treatment plants. These stems therefore constitute a source of pollution against which France wishes to fight in order to achieve the objective of good environmental status of marine waters by 2020. The draft regulation is therefore necessary. |
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