G/SPS/N/CHE/96  
10 October 2023  
(23-6767) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Food and Veterinary Office  
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):  Food preparations, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 210690)  
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:  FDHA Ordinance on Food Supplements (Ordonnance du  
DFI sur les compléments alimentaires) . Language(s):  French . Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CHE/23_12890_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Amending the ordinance on food suppl ements in line with the 
directives of the European Union regarding the permitted maximum levels of the 
substances: Niacin and Catechin/ Epigallocatechingallat (EGCG) for adults per 
recommended daily intake. The maximum levels for the substances L -Isoleucin , L-Leucin, 
L-Valin are amended based on the scientific recomm endation No. 052/2019 
20 December  2019 of the German Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR).  
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 Organization 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/96  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
For EGCG  it corresponds to the Commission Regu lation (EU) 2022/2340 of 30  November  2022 
amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 of t he European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards green tea extracts containing ( -)-epigallocatechin -3-gallate(EU).  
For Niacin it corresponds to the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/16 of 
10 January 2020  authorising the placing on the market of nicotinamide riboside chloride as 
a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.   
10. Proposed date of ad option (dd/mm/yy) : 8 December 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 8 December 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2024  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 December 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number an d e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
State Secretariate for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
State Secretariate for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch