WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHE/23
25 January 2001
(01-0393)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SWITZERLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Swiss Federal Veterinary Office
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Animal waste, products which contain components of animal waste
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Modification of the Ordinance on
Animal Health and the Ordinance on the Disposal of Animal Waste (4/5 pages)
5. Description of content:  Feed ban of meat and bone meal to all farm animals;  obligation of
incineration of MBM;  ban on import and export of animal waste and products which
contain components of animal waste.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Eradication of BSE
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ordinance on
Animal Health, Ordinance on the Disposal on Animal Waste (Available in French, Italian
and German)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Date of adoption:
20 December 2000;  Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2001
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Internet page:
http://www.bvet.admin.ch/tiergesundheit /d/gesetzgebung/aenderung_tsv_001220.pdf
http://www.bvet.admin.ch/tiergesundhe it/f/gesetzgebung/aenderung_tsv_001220.pdf