G/TBT/N/CHE/273  
13 July 2022 
(22-5345) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Office fédéral des routes , OFROU (Federal Roads Office)  
3003 Bern  
Website: https://www.astra.admin.ch/astra/fr/home.html  
Tel.: (+41) 58 462 94 11  
info@astra.admin.ch  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Secrétariat d'État à l'économie , SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)  
Holzikofenweg 36  
3003 Bern  
tbt@seco.admin.ch  
www.seco.admin.ch  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Motor 
vehicles fo r the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver (HS code : 8702); 
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons 
(other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars (HS code : 
8703); Motor vehicles for the transport of goods (HS code : 8704); Chassis fitted with 
engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05 (HS code : 8706); Trailers and 
semi-trailers ; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled ; parts thereof (HS code : 8716). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Modification de 
l'ordonnance concernant les exigences techniques requises pour les véhicules routiers 
(OETV)  (Amendment to the Ordinance on technical requirements for motor vehicles ) (30 
pages, in French ; 29 pages, in German and Italian)  
6. Description of content : The proposed revision involves the general harmonization of 
Swiss technical requirements for vehicles with the new Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 . It 
mainly concerns measures a imed at improving road safety . The aim is primarily to make 
the new EU requirements on driving support systems and control systems, as well as 
other requirements aimed at improving the safety of motor vehicles, mandatory in 
Switzerland (see, in particular,  Articles 102 a, 103, 104 a, 104b and 105).  G/TBT/N/CHE/273  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; harmonization ; reducing trade barriers 
and facilitating trade . 
8. Relevant documents:  
Explanatory report (see, in particular, sections 1.1 and 1.2)  
German: 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/202 2/42/cons_1
/doc_7/de/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-dl-proj-2022-42-cons_1 -doc_7 -de-pdf-a.pdf 
French: 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2022/42/cons_1
/doc_7/fr/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-dl-proj-2022-42-cons_1 -doc_7 -fr-pdf-a.pdf 
Italian: 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2022/42/cons_1
/doc_7/it/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-dl-proj-2022-42-cons_1 -doc_7 -it-pdf-a.pdf 
Consultation procedure:  
French: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/fr/consul tation -
procedures/ongoing#https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2022/42/cons_1  
German: https://www.fedlex.admin.c h/de/consultation -
procedures/ongoing#https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2022/42/cons_1  
Italian: https://www.fe dlex.admin.ch/it/consultation -
procedures/ongoing#https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2022/42/cons_1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Summer 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force : Autumn 2023  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Swiss Information Center for Technical Rules (switec)  
Sulzerallee 70  
8404 Winterthur  
Tel.: (+41) 52 224 54 55  
Fax: (+41) 52 224 54 75  
Email: switec@snv.ch  
German: 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2022/42/cons_1
/doc_2/de/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-dl-proj-2022-42-cons_1 -doc_2 -de-pdf-a.pdf 
French : 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/202 2/42/cons_1
/doc_2/fr/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-dl-proj-2022-42-cons_1 -doc_2 -fr-pdf-a.pdf 
Italian: 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/dl/proj/2022/42/cons_1
/doc_2/it/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-dl-proj-2022-42-cons_1 -doc_2 -it-pdf-a.pdf