IP/N/1/CHE/15  
IP/N/1/CHE/G/30  
 
18 April 2017  
(17-2078) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Pro perty Rights  Original: French  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
SWITZERLAND : ORDINANCE ON THE PRO TECTION OF APPELLATION S OF ORIGIN  
AND GEOGRAPHICAL IND ICATIONS FOR AGRICUL TURAL PRODUCTS  
AND PROCESSED AGRICU LTURAL PRODUCTS  
Notifying Member  SWITZERLAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Ordonnance concernant la protection des appellations d'origine et des 
indications géographiques des produits agricoles et des produits agricoles 
transformés (Ordonnance sur les AOP et IGP ) (Ordinance on  the Protection 
of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications for Agricultural 
Products and Processed Agricultural Products  (Ordinance on PAOs and 
PGIs) ) 
RS 910.12  (Status as at  1 January 2017) 
Subject matter  Industrial property (general);  Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification   Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
 Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/IP/CHE/17_1707_00_f.pdf  
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CHE/G/22  (Status as at 1 January 2013)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/G/22*&Language=French&Cont
ext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChang ed=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/G/15  (Status as at 1 January 2008)  
"https:/ /docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/G/15*&Language=French&Cont
ext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/G/7  (Status as at 30 April 2002)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/G/7 *&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CHE/G/3  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CHE/G/3*&Language=French&Conte
xt=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " IP/N/1/ CHE/15 • IP/N/1/CHE/G/30  
 
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  Brief description of the notified legal text  
Definition of PAO and PGI, applicant requirements, contents of registration application, registration 
procedure, cancellation procedure, fees, scope of protection, control and certification.  
Language(s) of 
notified text  French  
Date of adoption  28 May 1997  
Entry into force  1 July 1997  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  24 February 2017  
Other information  Most recent amendments in respect of geographical indications:  
 
Title; preamble; Articles 1, 1(a), 2, 3, 4(a), 5, 7, 11, 16, 16(a), 17 and 
17(a); heading preceding Article  18; Articles 19, 19(a), 21 and 21(a) to 
21(c): adopted on 16 September 2016 and entered into effect on 
1 January  2017 (RO 2016 3281)  
 
Extension of the scope of the Ordinance to forestry products and processed 
forestry products.  
 
Clarification in respect of the monitoring of certification bodies by the 
authorities.  
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Office Fédéral de l'Agriculture  (Federal Office for Agriculture)