WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/11/Rev.11
20 July 2001
(01-3614)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION*
Revision
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:           
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 applicab le, otherwise nation al tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Articles for daily use
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Modifications to
Ordinance of 1st March 1995 on Articles for Daily Use.
http://www.admin.ch/bag/verbrau/lebensmi/lmrecht/revisionen/f/index.htm
6. Description of content:
- Textile and leather products in direct contact  with the human body for long periods of time
(e.g. clothes, shoes, bed-linen, belts, chair covers, carpets) should not contain any scissile azodyes;
- Feeding bottles for babies and small children must bear a warning concerning the risk for
dental damage from long-term consumption (sucking) of soft drinks.
7. Objective and rationale, in cluding the nature of urgent  problems where applicable:    H e a l t h
protection;  alignment of Swiss Law with EC regulations.
8. Relevant documents:
- Ordinance on Articles for Daily Use of 1st March 1995 (German/French/Italian;
RS 817.04).
http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_04.html
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2001
10. Final date for comments:   6 August 2001
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:
                                                     
1 In English only.
∗ The notification differs from the original in points 5 and 8 (the website addresses).