G/TBT/N/CHE/210  
 
14 January 2016  
(16-0281)  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 (0)58 464 09 58 E-mail: 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
 Equipment and products containing radioactive substances 
 Installations capable of emitting ionizing radiation such as, for example, X-ray 
devices 
 Consumer products containing radioactive substances 
 Radioactive waste 
 Building material 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Drafts of the 
following Ordinances: 
 Radiological protection ordinance (RPO) (Strahlenschutzverordnung, StSV) 
(146 pages) 
 FDHA Ordinance on radiation protecton for non-medical radiation generators 
(Verordnung des EDI über den Strahlenschutz bei nichtmedizinischen Anlagen zur Erzeugung ionisierender Strahlung, SnAV) (16 pages) 
 FDHA Ordinance on medical use of closed  radioactive sources (Verordnung des EDI 
über den Umgang mit geschlossenen radioaktiven Quellen in der Medizin, MeQV) (38 pages)  
 FDHA Ordinance on radiation protection for particle accelerators for medical use 
(Verordnung des EDI über den Strahlenschutz bei medizinischen 
Teilchenbeschleuniger-Anlagen, BeV) (29 pages)  
 FDHA Ordinance on on radiation protection for medical X-ray systems (Verordnung 
des EDI über den Strahlenschutz bei medizinischen Röntgensystemen, RöV) 
(33 pages)  
 FDHA Ordinance on use of radioactive sources (Verordnung des EDI über den 
Umgang mit radioaktiven Quellen, UraQ) (39 pages)  
 FDHA Ordinance on compulsory delivery of radioactive waste (Verordnung des EDI 
über die ablieferungspflichtigen radioaktiven Abfälle) (3 pages)  G/TBT/N/CHE/210 
 
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  6. Description of content: The measures laid down in the total revision of the Radiological 
Protection Ordinances aim at harmonisation with Switzerland's main trading partners so as to avoid trade barriers. Based on recommendations of the International Commission on 
radiological protection (IRCP) and in close cooperation with the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA) the European Atomic  Energy Community (Euratom) designed the 
Directive 2013/59/Euratom: 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexU riServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:013:FULL:EN:PDF  .  
The directive was published on 17 January 2014 in the Official Journal of the European 
Union.  
For building material, the directive only defines the value for the activity concentration 
index, but not the method, how to measure this  index, which will be based on international 
standards. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of public health and of the environment. Harmonisation  
8. Relevant documents: All Drafts are available in French, German and Italian on 
http://www.bag.admin.ch/de/RevStSV  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 February 2017 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 February 2017   
10. Final date for comments: 90 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/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_0005_00_f.PDF   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_0005_01_f.PDF   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_0005_02_f.PDF   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_0005_03_f.PDF   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_0005_04_f.PDF   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_0005_05_f.PDF   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_0006_06_f.PDF