G/TBT/N/CHE/209  
 
25 November 2015  
(15-6251)  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 31 324 09 58 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 applicab le, otherwise national  tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
Active substances:  
 Kupferpyrithion: CAS N° 14915-37-8 
 Pythium Oligandrum strain M1: not applicable 
 2-Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolon: CAS N° 2682-20-4 
 5-Chlor-2-(4-chlorphenoxy)phenol (DCPP): CAS N° 3380-30-1 
 Kaliumsorbat: CAS N° 24634-61-5 
 Wasserstoffperoxid: CAS N° 7722-84-1 
 Medetomidin: CAS N° 86347-14-0 
 Folpet: CAS N° 133-07-3 
 Glutaraldehyd: CAS N° 111-30-8 
 Clothianidin: CAS N° 210880-92-5 
 Propiconazol: CAS N° 60207-90-1 
 IPBC: CAS N° 55406-53-6 
 Bromadiolon: CAS N° 28772-56-7 
 Chlorophacinon: CAS N° 3691-35-8 
 Coumatetralyl: CAS N° 5836-29-3 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft of Ordinance 
of the Federal Office of Public Health (OFOPH) concerning the inscription of active substances for the use in biocidal products according to the annexe 2 of the Swiss Ordinance on Biocidal 
Products (OBP); 31 pages; available in German, French and Italian. 
Switzerland harmonises technical regulations in the field of biocidal products with its main 
trading partner, the European Union. The approval of substances enables products 
containing such substances to be authorized in Switzerland. As from December 2015, 
Switzerland will notify approvals of substances if different from the approvals of substances following Regulation (EU) 528/2012. G/TBT/N/CHE/209 
 
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  6. Description of content: According to art. 9 paragraph 5 letter a of the present OBP the 
Federal Office of Public Health is the competent authority to amend the list of active substances for inclusion in biocidal products. With the OFOPH the following 15 active 
substances will amend List I:  
 Kupferpyrithion: product type 21 
 Pythium Oligandrum strain M1: product type 10 
 2-Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolon: product type 13 
 5-Chlor-2-(4-chlorphenoxy)phenol (DCPP): product types 1, 2 and 4 
 Kaliumsorbat: product type 8 
 Wasserstoffperoxid: product types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 
 Medetomidin: product type 21 
 Folpet: product types 7 and 9 
 Glutaraldehyd: product types 2, 3, 4, 6, 11 and 12 
 Clothianidin: product type 18 
 Propiconazol: product type 7 
 IPBC: product type 13 
 Bromadiolon: product type 14 
 Chlorophacinon: product type 14 
 Coumatetralyl: product type 14 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of public health and of the environment. Harmonisation  
8. Relevant documents: Swiss Ordinance on Biocidal Products 
(SR 813.12: https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classifi ed-compilation/20021524/index.html ), 
available in French, German and Italian. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 February 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 February 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 60 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://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_4670_00_x1.pdf   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_4670_01_f.pdf   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_4670_02_x2.pdf