1. Principles of building acoustic regulations
The French approach to providing buildings with a minimum acoustic quality is original compared to that of other European countries: the owner of a residential building undertakes, in his building permit application file, to comply with the general construction rules set out in the French Construction and Housing Code, and compliance with these rules can be checked by the authorities at the end of the work. In the event of non-compliance, the owner may be required to carry out remedial work.
1.1 Obligations to achieve results – Planning and implementation – Post-controls
In the case of acoustics, the client has undertaken to comply with regulatory requirements, which in the majority of cases take the form of performance obligations, and therefore requires...
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Standards and norms
- Laboratory measurement of sound insulation of building components – Part 2: Measurement of airborne sound insulation. - NF EN ISO 10140-2 - 2021
- Laboratory measurement of sound insulation of building components – Part 3: Measurement of impact sound insulation. - NF EN ISO 10140-3 - 2021
- Assessing the sound insulation of buildings and building components – Part 1: Airborne sound insulation - NF EN ISO 717-1...
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Loi n° 92-1444 du 31 décembre 1992 relative à la lutte contre le bruit – J.O. du 1 er janvier 1993 – NOR : ENVX9200186L.
Arrêté du 30/08/1990 pris pour l'application de l'article R, 235-11 du code du travail et relatif à la correction acoustique des locaux de travail –...
Appendice
Table 1 lists the standardized sound insulation values to be found in the decrees relating to the acoustic characteristics of buildings: a decree dated June 30, 1999 (residential buildings) and the three decrees dated April 25, 2003 (educational establishments; health establishments; hotels). The full text of these decrees is available at http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/Les. The first two lines correspond to the main reception...
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