WTO notification · TBT
FranceProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Order amending the Order of 5 September 2003 making the application of standards mandatory. The Order comprises 4 pages.
Arrêté du modifiant l’arrêté du 5 septembre 2003 portant mise en application obligatoire de normes L’arrêté comprend 4 pages.
France notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 22 December 2025. The comment period closed on 20 February 2026.
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Mineral fertilizers
Les engrais minéraux
The comment period closed on 20 February 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/241; it can take them up with France.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The notified Interministerial Order provides for the compulsory implementation of a supplement to a standard on inorganic fertilizers.This measure is an exemption from the marketing authorization referred to in Article L. 255-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fisheries Code and is provided for in Article L. 255-5(1) thereof.This draft provides for the compulsory implementation of Amendment A2 to existing Standard NF U42-001-1 (October 2011) on inorganic fertilizers.As Regulation (EC) No. 2003/2003 has been repealed and replaced by Regulation (EU) No. 2019/1009, this amendment updates approved Standard NF U42-001-1:2011 and its Amendment A1, both of which refer to the repealed Regulation. Particular attention has been given to the requirement that CE-marked fertilizers used as inputs comply with the requirements for components indicated in the 'Method of production and main component(s)' column for the type designations listed in Standard NF U42-001-1/A2.G/TBT/N/FRA/241- 2 -
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