G/TBT/N/CHE/278  
19 June 2023 
(23-4167) 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 fédérale de l'agriculture  (Federal Office of Agriculture)  
Systèmes agro -environnementaux et éléments fertilisants  (Agri-environmental systems 
and fertili sing elements)  
duenger@blw.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 Secret ariat for Economic Affairs)  
Holzikofenweg 36 , 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
Email: tbt@seco.admin.ch  
www.seco.admin.ch  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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) : HS 31 - 
Fertili sers 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Projet de 
révision de l'O rdonnance sur la mise en circulation des engrais du 10 janvier 2001 
(Ordonnance sur les engrais ; RS 916.171)  (Draft revision of the Ordinance on the putting 
into circulation  of fertilisers of 1 0 January 2 001 (Ordinance o n fertilisers ; RS 916.171)) 
(91 pages in French, 91 pages in German, 91 pages in Italian)  
6. Description of content : The draft full revision of the Ordinance on the putting into 
circulation  of fertilisers of 1 0 January 2 001 (RS 916.171) consists of an autonomous 
transposition of Europea n law and includes the following elements:  
(a) Adaptation and simplification of approval procedures;  
(b) New system based on European concepts (product function categories and component 
material categories);  
(c) Complementing of Swiss quality standards wit h those of the European Union;  
(d) Transposition of labelling provisions.  
As part of this procedure, the Ordinance of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, 
Education and Research (DEFR) on the putting into circulation of fertilisers of 16 
November 20 07 (Ordinance on fertilisers, OLen; RS 916.171.1) is being repealed . G/TBT/N/CHE/278  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Reduction of  trade barriers and facilitat ion of  trade through harmonization 
with European law (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 5 June 2 019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU 
fertilising products) ; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents : 
Ordonnance sur la mise en circulation des engrais du 10 janvier 2001 (Ordonnance sur 
les engrais ; RS 916.171)  (currently in force):  
French:  RS 916.171 - Ordonnance du 10 janvier 2001 sur la mise en circulation des 
engrais (Ordonnance sur les engrais, OEng) (admin.ch)  
German: SR 916.171 - Verordnung vom 10. Januar 2001 über das Inverkehrbringen von 
Düngern (Dünger -Verordnung, DüV) (admin.ch)  
Italian: RS 916.171 - Ordinanza del 10 gennaio 2001 sulla messa in commercio di concimi 
(Ordinanza sui concimi, OCon) (admin.ch)  
Ordonnance du DEFR sur la mise en circulation des engrais du 16 novembre 2007 
(Ordonnance sur le livre des engrais, OLen ; RS 916.171.1)  (currently in force):  
French: RS 916.171.1 - Ordonnance du DEFR du 16 novembre 2007 sur la mise en 
circulation des engrais (Ordonnance sur le Livre des engrais, OLen) (admin.ch)  
German: SR 916.171.1 - Verordnung des WBF vom 16. November 2007 über das 
Inverkehrbringen von Düngern (Düngerbuch -Verordnung WBF, DüBV) (admin.ch)  
Italian: RS 916.171.1 - Ordinanza del DEFR del 16 novembre 2007 sulla messa in 
commercio di concimi (Ordinanza DEFR sul libro dei concimi, OLCon) (admin.ch)  
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2 019 
laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and 
amending Regulations (EC) No. 1069/2009 and (EC) No. 1107/2009 and repealing 
Regulation (EC) No. 2003/2003 (currently  in force):  
French: L_2019170FR.01000101.xml (europa.eu)  
English: L_2019170EN.01000101.xml (europa.eu)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 1 November 2 023 
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 January 2 024 
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:  
Centre suisse d'information sur les règles techniques, switec  (Swiss Information Center 
for Technical Rules)  
Sulzerallee 70  
8404 Winterthur - Switzerland  
Tel.: (+41) 52 224 54 55  
Fax: (+41) 52 224 54 75  
Email: switec@snv.ch  
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