G/TBT/N/CHE/204  
3 September 2015  
(15-4457)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Office fédéral de la sécurité alimentaire et des affaires vétérinaires , 
OSAV (Federal Office for Food Se curity and Veterinary Affairs) 
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:  
Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie , SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs) 
Holzikofenweg 36 3003 Berne 
Fax: +41 (0)58 464 09 58 
Email: tbt@seco.admin.ch  
Website: 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition where applicable): Food 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
 Ordonnance sur l'hygiène , OHyg (Ordinance on hygiene) (72 pages) 
 Ordonnance concernant l'abattage d'animaux et le contrôle des viandes , OAbCV 
(Ordinance on animal slaughtering and meat control) (10 pages) 
 Ordonnance concernant l'hygiène lors de l'abattage d'animaux , OHyAb (Ordinance 
on hygiene in animal slaughtering) (13 pages) 
 Language(s) of the notified document: German, French and Italian  
6. Description of content:  
 OHyg: The proposed ordinance would, wherev er possible, ensure harmonization with 
the legislation of our main economic partner (the European Union), in light of the hygiene agreement concluded therewith. Changes to current legislation would mainly 
involve the introduction of EU provisions on frozen foods and the salmonella burden 
in swine carcasses, and the establishm ent of a non-EU hygiene criterion on 
campylobacter in the poultry slaughter process. 
 OHyAb: Would correspond to the ordinance in force. New provisions on wild game 
would reflect those in the ordinance on animal slaughtering and meat control. 
 OAbCV: This ordinance would correspond to that in force. The changes concern wild 
game. The distinction made until now based on the size of the establishment in 
which game is processed would be replaced by a risk-based approach.  G/TBT/N/CHE/204 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  
 Protection of consumer health. 
 Harmonization with the legislation of the main economic partner (the European 
Union). 
8. Relevant documents: The draft technical regulation can be downloaded from the 
complete draft revision of the legislation on food and basic commodities, which is available 
at: 
http://www.blv.admin.ch/dokumentation /01013/05845/05846/inde x.html?lang=fr 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Mid-2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: Mid-2016  
10. Final date for comments: 30 November 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3450_00_f.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3450_01_f.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3450_02_f.pdf