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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/16
17 December 2001
(01-6345)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWITZERLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office for Public Health, Berne
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
National Notification Authority
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) – NTFB
Effingerstrasse 1CH-3003 Berne
Tel: ++41 31 324 07 82
Fax: ++41 31 324 09 59
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Cosmetic Products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  FORMTEXT Draft
Modifications to Ordinance on Cosmetic Products  (44 pages, in German)
6. Description of content:  Amendment of Annexes 2 and 3 of the existing ordinance, which
specify substances that may not be contained in cosmetic products (Annex 3) or that are
subject to restrictions (Annex 2).  The new entries include:
Annex 2:
UV-filter substances (sunscreening agents): Bisymidazylate, camphor
benzalkonium bethasulfate, dimethicodiethylbenzalmalonate, anisotriazine, methylen bis-
benzotriazolyl tetramethy lbutylphenol, bis-octoxypheno l-methoxyphenyl-triazin and
polyacrylamidomethyl benzyliden camphor
Substances for other purposes:  Borates and tetraborates (supplement to the entry
Boric Acid), petroleum distillates (“White Spirits”), polyacrylamides (limiting their possiblecontent on monomers as quality requirement); oxidation hair dye primaries are
supplemented with a ban on their use directly on the skin for decorative purposes, especially
in combination with Lawsonia inermis (“black henna”)G/TBT/N/CHE/16
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Annex 3:
- EC Nr. 365 (Aristolochic acid):“and Aristolochia ssp and their preparations”
- EC Nr. 340: “p-tert.-Butylphenol and its salts”
- EC Nr. 213 (Iodine): ”and iodine containi ng compounds, with the exception of the 
 in the annexes 1 and 2 mentioned substances”
- Without number: “Ethyleneglycol-monoethylether”
- Without number:  “Germanium and its derivatives of inorganic and organic origin”
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Health Protection;  alignment of Swiss Law with respective EC regulations
8. Relevant documents:
- Ordinance on Cosmetic Products (German/French/Italian; RS 817.042.1)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c817_042_1.html
- Ordinance on Articles for Daily Use of 1st March 1995 (German/French/Italian; RS
817.04)  http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c817_04.html
- Food Law of 9th October 1992 (RS 817.0; German/French/Italian
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c817_0.html
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  [March 2002]
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2002
10. Final date for comments:   15 February 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: