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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHE/47/Rev.1 
3 November 2005 
 (05-5181) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Revision
 
 
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 (live pou ltry and products thereof, products from 
wild feathered game, raw pet food and unprocesse d feed material containing meat from wild 
feathered game, unprocessed feathers, eggs, fae ces, non-treated game trophies from any birds)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries, except EU countries and Norway  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ordinance of the Federal 
Veterinary Office (2/05) of 31 October 2005 establishing temporary border measures to 
combat avian influenza. (1 page, available in German/French/Italian)  
6. Description of content:  Temporary ban on the import, trans it and export of live birds and 
products thereof from other countries than EU c ountries.  Exceptions are made for domestic 
poultry and products thereof, pet food and meat pr oducts consisting of or  containing meat of 
wild feathered game. Furthermore, a temporary ba n on the import and transit of live domestic 
poultry, products from wild feathered game and unprocessed feathers from domestic poultry 
was issued for Croatia.  
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 reason 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/Rev.1 
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10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ordinance of the 
Federal Veterinary Office (2/05) of 31 Oc tober 2005 establishing te mporary border measures 
to prevent avian influenza (available in Ge rman/French/Italian); Federal Ordinance of 
20 April 1988 with respect to the import, tran sit and export of animals and animal products 
(Article 3) (available in German/French/Italian).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  31 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