. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/30
24 September 2003
(03-5069)
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:   Federal Office for Public Health, Berne
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 (seco) – NTFB
Effingerstrasse 1
CH-3003 Bern
Tel: ++41 31 324 07 82
Fax: ++41 31 324 09 59
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):   Tobacco Products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft modification of
the Ordinance of 1st March 1995 on tobacco and tobacco products, (9 pages, in German and
French)
6. Description of content:   The Ordinance regulates tobacco products in Switzerland. It
regulates the manufacture, sale and declaration of tobacco products and lays down a
prohibition of advertising towards minors. It transposes European Community Directive
2001/37/EC of 5 June 2001 concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco
products into Swiss law, and fulfils some of the obligations resulting from the Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control adopted by the World Health Assembly as of 21 may 2003.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health; consumer information; prevention of deceptive pracitces
8. Relevant documents:
- Ordinance of 1st March 1995 on tobacco and tobacco products (RS 817.06)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_06.html
- Federal Law of 9 October 1992 on foodstuffs and commodities (RS 817.0)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_0.htmlG/TBT/N/CHE/30
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2004
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification
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:           