G/TBT/N/CHE/269  
3 June 2022  
(22-4264) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO)  
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 Secretariate for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
Email: tbt@seco.admin.ch  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Oil seeds 
and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal 
plants; straw a nd fodder (HS code(s): 12); Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their 
cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code(s): 15)  
Sunflower oil originating from Ukraine and the additive Lecithine produced from Sunflower 
oil origin ating from Ukraine  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft revision 
of the Ordinance on foodstuffs and utility articles (revision of elements of this ordinance)  
and 
Ordinance of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FD HA) laying down exceptions to 
the information requirements for foodstuffs due to the situation in Ukraine (new 
ordinance); (2 page(s), in French and French)  
6. Description of content:  The supply with sunflower oil and lecithine produced out of 
sunflower o il from Ukraine is coming to a sudden halt. These ingredients need to be 
replaced with other oils and lecithines in very short period of time. Consequently, the final 
products would no longer be labelled correctly. Alternative ways to label the products to  
inform consumers of the change of ingredients are introduced. This facilitating measure 
is limited in duration from July 15 2022 to December 31 2023.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:  The Ordinance on foodstuffs and utility articles (in force):  
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2017/63/f r G/TBT/N/CHE/269  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 June 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 July 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  8 June 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Swiss Information Center for Technical Rules (switec)  
Sulzerallee 70  
8404 Winterthur  
Tel: +(41) 52 224 54 55  
Fax: +(41) 52 224 54 75  
Email: switec@snv.ch  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/CHE/22_3917_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/CHE/22_3917_01_f.pdf