. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHE/143 
6 February 2012  
 (12-0701) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office of Transport 
Name and address (including telephone 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 
Non-Tariff Measures Division Holzikofenweg 36 3003 Berne Fax:  +41 31 324 09 58 
Email:  tbt@seco.admin.ch  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Receptacles for the 
transport of dangerous goods by road, rail a nd cableway i.e. (large) packaging, pressure 
receptacles, (interme diate) bulk containers, tanks (portabl e, container, wagon, vehicle) etc. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
- Draft versions of Ordinance relating to th e placing on the market of dangerous goods 
 receptacles and the market surveillance (1), 17 pages, in German and French, 
- Ordinance relating to the transport of da ngerous goods by rail and cableway (2), 
 10 pages, in German and French, 
- Ordinance relating to the revision of th e ordinance relating to the carriage of 
 dangerous goods by road (3), 2 pages, in German and French. G/TBT/N/CHE/143 
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  6. Description of content:  The ordinance: (1) regulates the placing on the market, the 
conformity assessment, the reassessment of  conformity, periodic and intermediate 
inspections, exceptional checks and the market surveillance of danger ous goods receptacles. 
The term receptacles stands for all packaging, containers, tanks etc. which are allowed to be used for the transport of dangerous goods acc ording to the European Agreement concerning 
the International Carriage of  Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and the Regulations 
concerning the International Carr iage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID). With regard to 
"transportable pressure equipment" (def inition according to Directive 2010/35/EU) the 
ordinance follows closely the European Dire ctive 2010/35/EU. With respect to the other 
dangerous goods receptacles the principles of  the Directive 2010/35/EU are applied to type 
approval, supervision of manufacture, initial inspection and tests, periodic inspection in 
accordance with the European Directiv e 2008/68/EC and ADR/RID respectively. 
The ordinances (2) and (3) have to be revised to determine the notifying authorities and the 
competent authority for the market surveillance. Ordinance (2) is fully revised; Ordinance (3) 
is partially revised. 
With the new ordinance (1) and the two revised ordinances (2) and (3) equivalent legislation 
between Switzerland and the EU  is created within the scope  of the Directive 2010/35/EU 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety of the transport of dangerous goods.  
8. Relevant documents:    
a) Legal basis for the draft ordinance (1) ar e the Federal law on the transport of goods 
 by railway and cableway  enterprises (December 19 , 2008) SR 742.41 (German, 
 French, Italian) and the Federal law on road traffic December 19, 1958) SR 741.01 
 (German, French, Italian). 
b) Ordinance of December 3,  1996 relating to the transpor t of dangerous goods by rail 
 and cableway, SR 742.401.6 (German, Fren ch, Italian) 
Ordinance of November 29, 2002 relating to th e transport of dangerous goods by road, SR 
741.621 (German, French, Italian)  
See also:  http://www.admin. ch/ch/d/gg/pc/pendent.html#UVEK  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 November 2012 
1 January 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  31 May 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_0519_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_0519_02_x.pdf