WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.592
14 December 1998
(98-5043)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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:  State Office of Federal Buildings
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Construction products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ordinance on
construction products
6. Description of content:  The ordinance provides the product requirements and the
conformity assessment procedures to be followed when putting construction products on the
Swiss market.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Implementation of the Federal law on construction products
8. Relevant documents:
- Federal law on the elimination of technical barriers to trade (already notified)
- Federal law on construction products
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } Autumn 1999
10. Final date for comments:  10 February 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: