This could be significant in light of the ongoing EU3 negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program:

French President Jacques Chirac has told Haaretz that if European negotiations with Iran fail to eliminate the threat of nuclear proliferation, then the issue will have to be moved to the UN Security Council.

Chirac's statements regarding the possibility of imposing sanctions on Iran, which, according to observers, is the first time he has taken such a firm position in the matter, came in an interview with Haaretz on the eve of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's state visit to France Wednesday.

"I hope that [the European negotiations with Iran] will succeed and eliminate the danger of the proliferation of nuclear weapons," Chirac said. "If this does not prove to be the case, it will, of course, be necessary to transfer the handling [of the Iranian problem] to the UN Security Council."

Of course, Chirac was speaking with an Israeli newspaper so it's possible he was playing to an audience rather predisposed to a hard line on the mullahs.  And threatening to haul Iran before the Security Council isn't the same thing as actually doing it, but for people who think that Americans and Europeans must work together on Iran to achieve a satisfactory outcome, Chirac's comments should be welcome.

UPDATE: Paul Kerr points out that Chirac was just reiterating the EU3's previous statements of policy.