 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/46 
27 October 2004 
 (04-4561) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   Swiss Federal Office of Metrology and Accreditation 
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 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Measuring instruments 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ordinance on 
measuring instruments, (68 pages, in French and German) 
6. Description of content:   The ordinance establishes the essential requirements and the 
corresponding conformity assessments for measuring instruments and systems subject to legal metrological control. It regulates the placing on the market, putting into use and the 
procedures for the post-market preservation of the metrological properties of the measuring 
instruments. 
The ordinance intends to harmonize the Swiss legislation with the new EC Directive 
2004/22/EC on measuring instruments (MID). 
This ordinance, as a general and horizontal re gulation, will be complemented by a series of 
specific ordinances on the different types of measuring instruments corresponding to the 
annexes of the MID. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Modernization of national regulations ; harmonization with EC regulations 
8. Relevant documents:   Law on Metrology (June 9th 1977, SR 941.20 ), Law on Technical 
Barriers to Trade (October 6th 1995, SR 946.51 ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  to be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  30 October 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   27 December 2004 
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:        
 