July 2010 (10B-149)
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Summary
The French National Assembly adopted a Law on 12 July 2010 (loi n°2010-788 du 12 juillet 2010 portant engagement national pour l’environnement) (Grenelle 2 Law) relative to the National engagement for the environment. It was published in the French Official Journal of 13 July and adopts several measures related to consumer products and environmental concerns. |
Summary of Key Points
Quality of Inside Air
Starting in January 2012, building products, furniture, wall and floor coverings, paints and varnishes that release certain volatile polluting agents into the air, will require mandatory labelling. (A decree will specify the products that are covered by the mandatory labelling.)
>See Article 180 of Law n°2010-788 (it modifies the French Code of Consumption)
Collection Waste
• Harmonized sorting instructions for domestic packaging will be adopted by January 2011 and will become applicable no later than 1 January 2015.
• Any recyclable product subjected to collection will have harmonized sorting labelling at the latest on 1 January 2012.
>See Article 199 of Law n°2010-788
• Collection of used furniture elements will be applicable no later than 1 January 2011. (A decree will specify these requirements)
>See Article 200 of Law n°2010-788
School Books
From 1 January 2013, school books must be printed on recyclable paper or on paper coming from sustainable managed forests.
>See Article 206 of Law n°2010-788
Environmental Labelling
Beginning in July 2011, a one year experiment will begin to progressively inform the consumer about:
• the content in "carbon equivalent" products and their packaging, and
• the consumption of natural resources, or impact of these products, on the natural environment during their life cycle.
More details relative to the experiment should be available in the last quarter of 2010.
>See Article 228 of Law n°2010-788 (Modification of the French Code of Consumption, new article L112-10)
Additional Information
Law n°2010-788 (in French):
http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jopdf/common/jo_pdf.jsp?numJO=0&dateJO=20100713&numTexte=1&pageDebut=12905&pageFin=12989
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