WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/23
1 October 2002
(02-5236)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, seco, Technical Installations
and Equipments, Stauffacherstrasse 101, CH 8004 Zurich; Tel.: +41 43 322 21 40; Fax: +41
43 322 21 49; E-mail: teg@seco.admin.ch
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:   State Secretariat
for Economic Affairs, Effingerstrasse 1, CH 3003 Berne; Tel.: +41 31 324 08 32, Fax: +41
31 324 09 58.
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):   Simple pressure vessels
manufactured in series; “Simple pressure vessel” means any welded vessel subjected to aninternal gauge pressure greater than 0,5 bar which is intended to contain air or nitrogen.
Moreover the parts and assemblies contributing to the strength of the vessel under pressure.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ordinance on the
safety of simple pressure vessels (19 pages;  German, French and Italian).
6. Description of content:   The Draft is transposing the European simple pressure vessels
directive 87/404/EC (SPV). This ordinance defi nes, on the basis of the directive of the EC,
the general principles governing the safety of pressure vessels in regard to professional and
non-professional use.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety; Protection from accidents, protection of the user/consumer.
8. Relevant documents:   Federal law on the safety of technical appliances and equipment
(SR 819.1 F ) and the Ordinance on the safety of technical appliances and equipment
(SR 819.11 F ).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  End of 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
10. Final date for comments:   29 November 2002
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:           