G/SPS/N/CHE/82  
19 December  2019 
(19-8882) 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) : Phytosanitary products (customs tariff heading 3808)  
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 : Ordonnance sur la mise en circulation des produits 
phytosanitaires  (Ordinance on the placing on the market of phytosanitary products) 
Language(s) : French : Number of pages : Two of 190  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/201 9/SPS/CHE/19_7267_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The minimum degree of purity and the maximum impurity 
content of active substances are established by European law . In order to ensure that EU 
specifications concerning active substances are applicable in Switzerland, it is proposed 
that a reference to European law be included in the Ordinance on the placing on the 
market of phytosanitary products.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM 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/82  
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 540/2011.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 28 October 2 020 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2 021 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2 021 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 February 2 020 
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  
Services spécialisés économie extérieure  
Secteur des mesures non -tarifaires  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
Switzerland  
sps@seco.admin.ch  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: