. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/91 
4 October 2007 
 (07-4239) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
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:   Federal Office for Public Health, Berne 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 
Non-tariff Measures Division Effingerstrasse 1 
CH-3003 Berne 
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):   Materials coming into 
contact with mucous membranes, the skin or hair as well as candles, matches, lighters and 
joke articles. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft revision of the 
Ordinance of the Department of Home Affair s on articles which are intended to come in 
contact with the mucouse membrane, the skin and the hair as well as on candles, matches, 
lighters and joke articles (Verordnung über Gege nstände für den Humankontakt) (4 pages; 
in French and German). 
6. Description of content:   This draft implements the follo wing amendments of EC law:   
- Commission Decision of 11 May 2006 requiring Member States to take measures to 
ensure that only lighters which are child-r esistant are placed on the market and to 
prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters, Decision 2006/502/EC (Official Journal L 198/41 ff. of 20 July 2006). 
- Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council 
Directive 76/769/EEC on the approxima tion of the laws, regulations and 
administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous s ubstances and preparations, as amended, as 
regards restrictions on the marketing and u se of nickel (Official Journal C 60/2 of 15 
March 2007). G/TBT/N/CHE/91 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Health and consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:    
- Ordinance of the Department of Home Affa irs on articles which are intended to come 
in contact with the mucouse membrane, the skin and the hair as well as on candles, matches, lighters and joke article s of 23 November 2005 (RS 817.023.41); 
German/French/Italian: http://www.ad min.ch/ch/f/rs/8/817.023.41.fr.pdf 
- Ordinance on food and basic commodities of 23 November 2005 (RS 817.02); 
German/French/Italian: http://www. admin.ch/ch/f/rs/8/817.02.fr.pdf 
- Food Law of 9 October 1992 (RS 81 7.0); German/French/Italian: 
http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/8/817.0.fr.pdf 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    16 January 2008 
March 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   10 December 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/ernaehrung/ 02907/03004/03841/ 03843/index.html?lang=fr