G/SPS/N/CHE/86  
24 January 2022  
(22-0552) 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 Office for Agriculture FOAG  
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):  HS Code(s) 2017: 06, 07, 08 and 44; ICS Code(s): 55 and 65  
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:  Amendment of the Ordinance of the EAER and the 
DETEC on the Plant Health Ordinance (PGesV -WBF-UVEK, SR 916.201) . Language(s):  
French and German . Number of pages:  73 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHE/22_0588_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHE/22_0588_00_x1.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This notification concerns the amendment of an existing 
ordina nce (PGesV -WBF-UVEK, SR 916.201) which specifies the provisions of the Ordinance 
on the Protection of Plants against Particularly Dangerous Harmful Organisms (Plant Health 
Ordinance, PGesV, SR 916.20, which was notified under G/SPS/N/CHE/83) to maintain th e 
harmonization with the European plant health legislation in accordance with the bilateral 
agreement on trade in agricultural products (agricultural agreement) between Switzerland 
and the European Union. The amendments are mostly formal and linguistic in nature.  
The main changes are the amendment of the list of regulated quarantine organisms (five 
species were added), the lifting of the fire blight protection zone in the Canton of Valais, 
the listing of the United Kingdom as a "third country" due to its wi thdrawal from the EU, 
the change of a few tariff numbers due to the revised nomenclature of the Harmonized 
System HS) and the amendment of the types and species of plants for which no exception 
can be made in the plant passport concerning the traceability code (alignment with EU 
legislation).  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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) :  G/SPS/N/CHE/86  
 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM No. 1  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it devia tes from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
PGesV -WBF-UVEK, SR 916.201: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2019/787/de;   
PGesV, SR 916.20: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2018/682;   
https://www.blw.admin.ch/blw/fr/home/nachhaltige -
produktion/Pflanzengesundheit/rechtsgrundlagen.html   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 April  2022 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 15 April 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 February 2022 - At least three months after 
notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: