The Paris Open will be run under the same conditions as the Mare Nostrum Tour after FINA informed federations today that it will release the final list of approved suits, with any modified versions of suits that may now have passed independent tests, after Midsummer Night and the French meet, next Monday, June 22.

The move follows a request by the French federation, FFN, for FINA to avoid  any announcement on suits until after the June 19 deadline set for suit makers to submit for testing any apparel rejected on May 19 and since modified to take account of the objections raised by FINA according to advice received from the head of the independent suit-testing team, Prof Jan-Anders Manson.

France had feared that the chaos seen at meets across the world this past six months would spill over into the Paris Open, to be held this weekend, if yet another new instruction on suits was issued on the eve of racing in the French capital.

The FFN stated: "The French federation is happy with that decision, which is the positive response we were looking for. The information [from FINA], also indicates the control procedure [on suits] that will be in place at world championships in Rome."