G/SPS/N/CHE/81  
27 November  2019 
(19-8129) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Office fédérale de l'agriculture , OFAG (Federal Office of 
Agriculture)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Animal feed  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[  ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Modification de l'ordonnance sur les aliments pour 
animaux , OSALA (Amendment to the ordinance on animal feed) Language(s): French 
Number of pages: 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHE/19_6735_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: This amendment replaces the reference to Regulation 
(EC) No. 882/2004  in Article 71 with a reference to Regulation (EU) No. 2017/625 , 
introduces an updated online reference to the list of category 4 and 5  additives , and 
establishes that  OFAG may adapt certain parts of the Ordinance  to ensure consistency 
with minor amendments to European law.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety, [ X ]  animal health, [ ] plant 
protection, [   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect 
territory from other damage from pest s. 
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/CHE/81  
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Regulation 
(EU) No. 2017/625 on official controls  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 28 October 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 February 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2021  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 January 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if  
available) of other body:  
Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie , SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)  
Services spécialisés économie extérieure  (Foreign Economic Specialised Services Division)  
Secteur des mesures non -tarifaires  (Sector for Non-Tariff Measures)  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
Switzerland  
Email: sps@seco.admin.ch  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie , SECO  
Services spécialisés économie extérieure  
Secteur des mesures non -tarifaires  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
Switzerland  
Email: sps@seco.admin.ch