. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHE/158 
27 July 2012 
 (12-4116) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWITZERLAND 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   Office Fédéral de Métrologie , METAS (Federal Office of 
Metrology) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail 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'Etat à l'économie , SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs) 
Secteur des mesures non-tarifaires  (Department of Non-Tariff Measures) 
Holzikofenweg 36 CH-3003 Berne 
Fax: (+41) 31 324-09-58 
E-mail: tbt@seco.admin.ch  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Instruments used to 
measure ionising radiation. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Ordinance of 
the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) on Measuring Instruments for Ionising 
Radiation (32 pages, in French, German and English) and revision of Article 64 of the 
Radiological Protection Ordinance (RPO, SR 814.501)  (2 pages, in French and German).  
6. Description of content:   The amendment to Article 64 of the RPO makes ionising 
radiation measuring instruments subject to th e terms and requirements provided for in the 
Ordinance on Measuring Instruments and the new FDJP Ordinance on Measuring Instruments for Ionising Radiation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The protection of human health and the envir onment is very important.  To ensure a high 
level of protection, we need highly preci se and reliable ionising radiation measuring 
instruments.  At present, such instrume nts (with the exception of radon measuring 
instruments) are not subject to the terms and requirements provided for in metrological 
legislation.  By modifying this, the draft text ensures the use of high-quality measuring instruments for ionising radiation. G/TBT/N/CHE/158 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Radiological Protection Ordinance of 22 June 1994 (SR 814.501) 
(available in German, French and Italian). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: November 2012 
1 January 2013 
10. Final date for comments:   28 September 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2887_00_e.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2887_00_F.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2887_00_x.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2887_01_f.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2887_01_x.pdf