. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/51 
7 September 2005 
 (05-3928) 
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:  Swiss Federal Office of 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:    
National Notification Authority 
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) – NTFB Effingerstrasse 1 CH-3003 Berne Tel:  (+41) 31 324 07 82  
Fax:  (+41) 31 324 09 59 
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):   Cosmetics 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ordinance of the 
Federal Department of Home Affairs on cosm etics (59 pages, in German and French) 
6. Description of content:         
- Rearrangement of the existing Ordinance of the Federal Department of Home Affairs on 
Cosmetic Preparations. 
- Adaptation to the 7th amendment of the Directive 76/768/EEC (allergen odoriferous 
substance, CMR substances and pe rishability after the opening). 
- Introduction of the prohibition of the use of  substances which are classified in appendix 1 
of the Directive 67/548/EEC as carcinogenic, genetically changeable or endangering the 
reproduction of the categories 1, 2 and 3 in cosm etic preparations.  A substance, which is 
classified in category 3 may only be used in co smetic preparations after being newly valued 
by the Federal Office of Public Health and be ing found permissible for the use in cosmetic 
preparations. 
- Introduction of new labeling requirements:  if the imperishability of the cosmetic 
preparation is longer than 30 months, the time -frame in which the cosmetic preparation can 
be used without harm after having been opened has to be indicated.    G/TBT/N/CHE/51 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Rearrangement of the existing legislation; hea lth protection; adaptation of Swiss Law with 
EC regulations  
8. Relevant documents:    
Food Law of 9 October 1992 (available in German, French and Italian: 
http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c817_0.html ) 
- Ordinance of 1 March 1995 on basic comm odities (available in German, French and 
Italian: 
http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c817_04.html) - Ordinance on food and basic commodities (new) - Ordinance on biocidal products (new)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    November 2005     
1 January 2006 
10. Final date for comments:    60 days from date of distribution 
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: