WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.673
13October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4411)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWITZERLAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Intercantonal Office fortheControl ofMedicines
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Medicinal products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Amendment to
Regulations of25May1972 fortheImplementation oftheIntercantonal Convention on
theControl ofMedicines
6. Description ofcontent: Introduction ofcomplementary controls forbatches ofproducts
imported inSwitzerland.
7. Objective andrationale: Health protection
8. Relevant documents: Regulations of25May 1972 fortheimplementation ofthe
Intercantonal Convention ontheControl ofMedicines
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1January 1999
10. Final dateforcomments: 10December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: