G/TBT/N/CHE/195
30 April 2015 
(15-2337)  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: 
• Permethrin: CAS N° 52645-53-1 
• Tralopyril: CAS N° 122454-29-9 
• Carbon dioxide CAS N° 124-38-9 
• Alpha-Cypermethrin: CAS N° 67375-30-8 
• Bacillus thuringiensis susp. israelensis serotype H14, strain SA3A: not applicable 
• Propan-2-ol: CAS N° 67-63-0 
• Dinotefuran: CAS N° 165252-70-0 
• Bacillus sphaericus 2362 serotype H5a5b, strain ABTS1743: not applicable 
• Tolylfluanid: CAS N° 731-27-1 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(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) (15 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 9 active 
substances will amend List I:  
• Permethrin: product types 8 and 18 
• Tralopyril: product type 21 
• Carbon dioxide: product type 15 
• Alpha-cypermethrin: product type 18 
• Bacillus thuringiensis susp. israelensis serotype H14, strain SA3A: product type 18 
• Propan-2-ol: product types 1, 2 and 4 
• Dinotefuran: product type 18 
• Bacillus sphaericus 2362 serotype H5a5b, strain ABTS1743: product type 18 
• Tolylfluanid: product type 21 G/TBT/N/CHE/195 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of public health and of the environment. Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents: Swiss Ordinance on Biocidal Products (SR 813.12), available in 
French, German and Italian: 
https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classifi ed-compilation/20021524/index.html  (French) 
https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classifi ed-compilation/20021524/index.html  (German) 
https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classifi ed-compilation/20021524/index.html  (Italian) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 July 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 July 2015   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification 
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:  
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_1744_00_f.pdf   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_1744_00_x1.pdf   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_1744_00_x2.pdf