G/SPS/N/CHE/76  
 
21 August 2019  
(19-5382) 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 Safety 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):  HS Codes 2009 and  2202 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific r egions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  FDHA Ordinance on Beverages . Language(s):  
German, Italian and French . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHE/19_4511_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHE/19_4511_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHE/19_4511_01_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
To set the Swiss regulation in accordance with the relevant European regulation 
(DIRECTIVE 2012/12/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 
19 April 2012 amending Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain 
similar products intended for human consumption) the provisions on orange juice were 
modified. This modification results in a deviation to the Codex Alimentarius «General 
Standard for Fruit Juices and Nectars» (CODEX STAN 247 -2005 chap.  3.1.2, letter  e) 
which allows juice of Citrus reticulata  and/or Hybrides with reticulata  to be present in 
orange juice up to 10%  m/m of soluble dry matter.  
The list of permitted substances for the treatment of fruit juices is amended with pea 
proteins, which are already allowed for wine. There are no scientific or other reasons not 
to allow these proteins in fruit juices.  
This is in derogation to the Directive 2012/12/EU.  
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.   G/SPS/N/CHE/76  
 
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  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 stand ard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 March 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 13 April 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 May 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 20 October 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Special Foreign Economic Services  
Non-Tariff M easures Division  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Special Foreign Economic Services  
Non-Tariff Measures Division  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch