G/TBT/N/CHE/201  
18 August 2015  
(15-4197)  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): Toys 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
 Ordonnance sur les denrées alimentaires et les objets usuels (ODAlOUs)  (Ordinance 
on food and basic commodities) (50 pages) 
 Ordonnance sur la sécurité des jouets  (Ordinance on Toy Safety) (11 pages, in 
German, French and Italian) 
6. Description of content: Establishment of new limits for chemical substances present in 
toys, and new migration limits, applicable from 2015 (Annex 2 of the Ordinance on Toy Safety): 
 Nickel: additional exemption for toy parts containing nickel, which are intended to 
conduct electricity 
 Lead: new, lower limit for migration tests 
 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HAPs): weight limit for HAPs 
 Limits for TCEP, TCPP and TDCP 
 Bisphenol A: migration limit 
The new requirements are equivalent to those contained in Directive 2009/48/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council, as last amended. 
Update of technical standards providing presum ption of conformity for toys, as from 2015 
(Annex 4 of the Ordinance on Toy Safety: Standards EN 71, EN 71-13: Olfactory board 
games, cosmetic kits and gustative games; Standard EN 71-14: Trampolines for domestic 
use). 
Adaptation of certain terms and definitions as from 2016 (including importer, producer and 
reseller). G/TBT/N/CHE/201 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Further harmonize standards with the legislation of the main economic 
partner, minimize legal discrepancies with the European Union (EU) (Directive 2009/48/EC 
on the safety of toys) and ensure an equi valent level of safety in Switzerland. 
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 in French, German and Italian at: 
http://www.blv.admin.ch/dokumentation /01013/05845/05846/in dex.html?lang=fr  
(French) 
http://www.blv.admin.ch/dokumentation /01013/05845/05846/in dex.html?lang=de  
(German) 
http://www.blv.admin.ch/dokumentation /01013/05845/05846/in dex.html?lang=it  (Italian) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: October 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: July 2016  
10. Final date for comments: 20 September 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_3115_00_f.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3115_01_f.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3115_00_x1.pdf