WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.246
16June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2452)
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: Federal Office ofEnvironment, Forests andLandscape
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): "Extra-light" heating oil
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: NewOrdinance onthe
Incentive Taxon"Extra-Light" Heating OilwithaSulphur Content ofmore than0.1per
cent(%bymass)
6. Description ofcontent: Manufacture andimport, when brought intocirculation, are
subject tothetax.Therateoftaxation isSwF12.00/1,000 kg.of"extra-light" heating
oilwith asulphur content ofmore than0.1percent. Therevenue ofthetaxis
redistributed tothepopulation. Taxexemptions: exports andtransit.
7. Objective andrationale: Reduction ofsulphur dioxide emissions andconformity with
"critical load" values.
8. Relevant documents: New Articles 35(b) and35(c) oftheSwiss Federal Law on
Environmental Protection. Therevision ofthisLawwasadopted bytheParliament in
December 1995.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Before endof1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 6August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: