diff --git a/elements/10_electric/10_allpole/390_sensors&instruments/80_encoder/codeur.elmt b/elements/10_electric/10_allpole/390_sensors&instruments/80_encoder/codeur.elmt
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diff --git a/elements/10_electric/10_allpole/390_sensors&instruments/80_encoder/qet_directory b/elements/10_electric/10_allpole/390_sensors&instruments/80_encoder/qet_directory
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8916574b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/10_electric/10_allpole/390_sensors&instruments/80_encoder/qet_directory
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<qet-directory>
+    <names>
+        <name lang="en">Encoder</name>
+        <name lang="fr">Codeur</name>
+   </names>
+</qet-directory>