WTO notification · TBT
FranceProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Decree of... setting the procedures for the control and labeling of agronomic quality and safety criteria for fertilizing products and growing media
Décret du... fixant les modalités de contrôle et d’étiquetage des critères de qualité agronomique et d'innocuité des matières fertilisantes et des supports de culture
France notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 10 November 2025. The comment period closed on 9 January 2026.
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Fertilizing materials placed on the market and used in France, excluding fertilizers compliant with Regulation (EU) No 2019/1009
Les fertilisants mis sur le marché et utilisés en France à l’exclusion des fertilisants conformes au règlement (UE) n°2019/1009
The comment period closed on 9 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/FRA/237; it can take them up with France.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The Decree sets rules for the labeling and control of fertilizing products and growing media. More specifically: - It defines the procedures for the control of the effectiveness and the absence of harmful effects of fertilizing products and growing media; - It adapts existing regulations relating to the labeling of fertilizing products regarding the mandatory mentions concerning the nature and the rules of use of fertilizing products and growing media; - It establishes transitional provisions for the application of the safety and effectiveness criteria set by the Decree "setting the agronomic quality and safety criteria for fertilizing products and growing media" to products currently authorized.
Le décret fixe des règles d’étiquetage et de contrôle des matières fertilisantes et supports de culture. Plus précisément: - Il définit les modalités de contrôle de l'efficacité et de l'absence d'effet nocif des matières fertilisantes et des supports de culture; - Il adapte la réglementation existante relative à l'étiquetage des fertilisants en ce qui concerne les mentions obligatoires concernant la nature et les règles d'utilisation des matières fertilisantes et supports de culture; - Il établit les dispositions transitoires pour l’application des critères d’innocuité et d’efficacité fixés par le décret 'fixant les critères de qualité agronomique et d'innocuité des matières fertilisantes et des supports de culture' aux produits actuellement autorisés.
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WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This interministerial Order amends two Orders by setting a schedule for lowering the maximum permissible cadmium contents for certain fertilizing materials and growing media on the one hand, as well as for the maximum permissible cadmium inputs during the use of fertilizing materials on the other…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/FRA/246Comments until 8 January 2027
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France notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 3 August 2026. The comment period closed on 2 October 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/FRA/245Comment period closed
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France notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 8 July 2026. The comment period closed on 6 September 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/FRA/244Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
France notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 17 June 2026. The comment period closed on 16 August 2026.
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Symbol: G/TBT/N/FRA/243Comment period closed
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