G/TBT/N/CHE/184
10 October 2014 
(14-5759)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: Federal Office of Public Health 
Name and address (including telephon e 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:  
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO 
Holzikofenweg 36 
3003 Berne Fax +41 31 324 09 58 tbt@seco.admin.ch   
http://www.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Active substances: 
bis(N-cyclohexyl-diazenium-dioxy)-copper (Cu-HDO): CAS N° 312600-89-8; Cyproconazole: 
CAS N° 94361-06-5; Decanoic acid: CAS N° 334 -48-5; Ethyl butylace tylaminopropionate: 
CAS N° 52304-36-6; Iodine, including polyvi nylpyrrolidone iodine: CAS N° 7553-56-2 and 
25655-41-8; Lauric acid: CAS N° 143-07 -7; Octanoid acid: CAS N° 124-07-2; 
S-methoprene: CAS N° 65733-16-6 ; Synt hetic amorphous silicon dioxide: CAS 
N° 112926-00-8; Transfluthrin: CAS N° 118712-89-3; Zineb: CAS N° 12122-67-7; 
4,5-Dichloro-2-octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one:  CAS N° 64359-81-5; Difenacoum: CAS 
N° 56073-07-5; Difethialone: CAS N° 10 4653-34-1; Aluminium phosphide releasing 
phosphine: CAS N° 20859-73-8. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft of Ordinance 
of the Federal Office of Public Health (OFOPH) concerning the inscription of active substances for the use in biocidal products according to the annexe 2 of the Swiss Ordinance on Biocidal 
Products (OBP) (20 pages, available in German, French and Italian) 
6. Description of content: According to art. 9 paragraph 5 letter a of the present OBP the 
Federal Office of Public Health is the competent authority to amend the List of active 
substances for inclusion in biocidal products. With the OFOPH the following 15 active substances will amend List I:  
• bis(N-cyclohexyl-diazenium-dioxy)-copper (Cu-HDO): product type 8 
• Cyproconazole: product type 8 
• Decanoic acid: product types 4, 18 and 19 
• Ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate: product type 19 
• Iodine, including polyvinylpyrrolidone iodine: product types 1, 3, 4 and 22 
• Lauric acid: product type 19 
• Octanoid acid: product types 4 and 18 
• S-methoprene: product type 18 G/TBT/N/CHE/184 
 
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  • Synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide: product type 18 
• Transfluthrin: product type 18 
• Zineb: product type 21 
• 4,5-Dichloro-2-octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one: product type 21 
• Difenacoum: product type 14 
• Difethialone: product type 14 
• Aluminium phosphide releasing phosphine: product type 20 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of public health and of the environment. Harmonisation with Switzerland's main 
trading partners. 
8. Relevant documents:  Swiss Ordinance on Biocidal Products (SR 813.12  
http://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classifi ed-compilation/20021524/index.html ), available in 
French, German and Italian. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   1 December 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force:   1 December 2014   
10. Final date for comments: 27 November 2014 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/CHE/14_4467_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/CHE/14_4467_00_x1.pdf   
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/CHE/14_4467_00_x2.pdf