French Consumer Code
In forceThe metrology and testing laboratory is a national public establishment of an industrial and commercial nature.
The laboratory is responsible for carrying out all studies, research, consultancy, expert appraisal, testing, inspection and all technical assistance services that are useful for protecting and informing consumers or improving product quality.
This work and studies may relate to metrology, manufacturing techniques and the qualification of industrial products, processed non-food agricultural products and capital goods, as well as the measurement of pollution and nuisances.
This establishment may also be responsible for This establishment may also be responsible for:
1° Studying, on behalf of and at the request of the ministers concerned, the test methods needed to draw up regulations and standards, particularly in the fields of health, safety, nature and environmental protection, energy and raw material conservation and, more generally, the suitability of products for use;
2° To issue qualification certificates;
3° Ensuring, under the authority and at the request of the ministers concerned, relations with foreign or international bodies responsible for the matters mentioned in this article.
