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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHE/71 
23 March 2010 
 (10-1569) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   SWITZERLAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Office fédéral de l'agriculture  (Federal Office for Agriculture) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Phytosanitary products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Ordonnance sur les produits phytosanitaires  (Ordinance 
on phytosanitary products)  Language:  German and French Number of pages:  105 and 
104 respectively.  http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/CHE/10_1205_00_f.pdf
 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/sps/CHE/10_1205_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Provisions  relating to the authorization and  placing on the market 
of phytosanitary products are under extensive review.  The main provisions of the notified 
text concern:  - Conditions for approval of active substa nces, plant protectants and synergists; 
- conditions for authorization of  phytopharmaceutical products; 
- rules concerning the protection of reports submitted by the industry within the context 
of requests for authorization; 
- provisions concerning packaging, labelling and advertising;  and - conditions relating to the u se of phytosanitary products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safe ty, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests. G/SPS/N/CHE/71 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Ordonnance 
sur les produits phytosanitaires  du 18 mai 2005  (Ordinance on phytosanitary products of 
18 May 2005) (SR 916.161) (available in German and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  May 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  July 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 April 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The text is available online at:  h ttp://www.admin.ch/ch/f/gg/pc/ind2009.html#DFE