. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHE/47 
19 October 2005 
 (05-4804) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SWITZERLAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Veterinary O ffice (FVO), CH 3003 Bern  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Live birds and their products (bird meat, products of bird meat , eggs, animal by-
products such as animal feed untreated feathers and faeces)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Turkey 
and Romania 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Modification of the 
Ordinance of the Federal Veterinary Office (1 /05) of 20 April 2005 establishing temporary 
border measures to combat avia n influenza. (1 page, availa ble in German/French/Italian)  
6. Description of content:  Temporary ban on the import and tr ansit of live birds and products 
thereof for trade and private travellers.  Exceptions for heated bird meat and heated animal 
feed, as well as for live birds may be allowed with  the precaution of safeguards.  This  second 
modification extends the present re gulation (notified on 10 May 2005 under 
G/SPS/N/CHE/36/Rev.2, which entered into force on 1 Ma y 2005) to the two aforementioned 
countries.  (The first modi fication of the ordinance was notified on 16 August 2005 under 
G/SPS/N/CHE/44).  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests       
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  Avian Influenza 
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        G/SPS/N/CHE/47 
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 10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ordinance of the 
Federal Veterinary Offi ce (1/05) of 20 April 2005 establishi ng temporary border measures to 
combat Avian Influenza (Available in German/F rench/Italian); Federal Ordinance of 20 April 
1988 with respect to the import, transit and expor t of animals and animal products (Article 3) 
(Available in German/French/Italian).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  14 October 2005 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority,  [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  sps@seco.admin.ch  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
switec@snv.ch