. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/86 
12 September 2007 
 (07-3814) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWITZERLAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Office fédéral de la santé publique , OFSP (Federal Office of Public 
Health) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail 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) 
Division des affaires non tarifaires  (Division for Non-Tariff Issues) 
Effingerstrasse 1 CH-3003 Bern 
Tel.: +(41) 31 324-4777 
Fax: +(41) 31 324-0958 E-mail: paula.wey@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):   All packages of tobacco 
products for smoking purposes and products containing tobacco substitutes 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   "Ordonnance du DFI 
concernant les mises en garde combinées sur les produits du tabac"  (Ordinance of the 
Federal Department of Home Affairs on comb ined warnings on tobacco products) (3 pages 
with 2 annexes of 8 pages, in French, German  and Italian).  The models (warnings with 
illustrations) are available on CD-ROM a nd accompanied by a guidance document. 
6. Description of content:   Swiss legislation on tobacco , which entered into force in 
November 2004, provides for the future adoption of a piece of legislation governing the 
combination of colour photographs and ex isting warnings on tobacco products.  The 
notified draft Ordinance is related to this requirement. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Prevention of smoking.  Public health:  images depicting the consequences of 
smoking.  The number of an information call-lin e informing consumers of the repercussions 
of smoking on their health and giving them advi ce on ways to give up smoking will also be 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Ordonnance sur les produits du tabac et les produits contenant des succédanés de 
tabac destinés à être fumés  (Ordinance on tobacco products and products containing 
tobacco substitutes for smoking purposes) (RS 817.06, available at:  http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/817_06/index.html). 
- Loi fédérale sur les denrées alimentaires et les objets usuels  (Federal Law on 
foodstuffs and objects in everyday use) (RS 817.0, available at:  http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/817_0/index.html). 
Texts available in French, German and Italian. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   10 December 2007 
1 January 2008 NB: 
- Cigarettes may continue to be marketed 
under current Swiss law until 31 December 2008. 
- Other tobacco products and tobacco 
substitutes may continue to be marketed 
until 31 December 2009. 
10. Final date for comments:   10 November 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body: