G/SPS/N/CHE/86/Add.1  
 
7 June 2022  
(22-4291) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 7 June 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Switzerland . 
 
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Amendment of the Ordinance of the EAER and the DETEC on the Plant Health Ordinance (PGesV -WBF-
UVEK, SR 916.201)  
This notification concerns the amendment of the annexes of an existing ordinance (PGesV -WBF-UVEK, 
SR 916.201), notified under G/SPS/N/CHE/86, which specifies the provisions of the Ordinance on the 
Protection of Plants against Particularly Dangerous Harmful Organisms (Plant Health Ordinance, 
PGesV, SR 916.20, notified under G/SPS/N/CHE/83), to maintain the harmonization with the 
European plant health legislation in accordance with the bilateral agree ment on trade in agricultural 
products (agricultural agreement) between Switzerland and the European Union.  
The main changes are the amendment of the list of quarantine pests (two species were added) and 
regulated non -quarantine pests (three species were a dded), amendments to the specific conditions 
for the importation of certain host plants and commodities, amendments to the nomenclature of 
certain pests and host plants, the listing of the United Kingdom as a third country due to its withdrawal 
from the Eu ropean Union and the amendment of a few tariff numbers due to the revised nomenclature 
of the Harmonized System (HS). These changes have already been implemented in the 
European  Union.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHE/22_3956_00_f.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of  originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 6 August 2022  G/SPS/N/CHE/86/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)  
Non-Tariff Measures  
Holzikofenweg 36  
Tel: +(41 58) 46 40760  
Fax: +(41 58) 46 40958  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
Website: http://www.seco.admin.ch  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry  Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)  
Non-Tariff Measures  
Holzikofenweg 36  
Tel: +(41 58) 46 40760  
Fax: +(41 58) 46 40958  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
Website: http://www.seco.admin.ch  
 
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