WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/285
13 June 2000
(00-2362)
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:   Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Berne
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 [    ], 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):   Active pharmaceutical
ingredient
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
- Moclobemid/Moclobémide/Moclobemidum, document of 3 pages each in German
and French.
- Diamorphinhydrochlorid-Monohydrat, Diamorphine, Chlorhydrate de,
Monohydraté, Diamorphini hydrochloridum  Monohydricum, document of 3 pages in
German 4 in French.
- Diamorphinhydrochlorid, Di amorphini Hydrochloridum Anhydricum, Chlorhydrate
de, Anhydre/Diamorphini Hydr ochloridum Anhydricum, document of 3 pages in German
and 4 pages in French
6. Description of content:   The monographs establish requirements concerning definition,
identification, purity and content of the active pharmaceutical ingredients mentioned under
item 5.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The monographs set quality standards for the above mentioned substances and contribute to
quality assurance for the protection of patient health as existing monographs do for other
active pharmaceutical ingredients.
8. Relevant documents:  Pharmacopoeia Helvetica 8th edition Decree on the Pharmacopoeia
from 4 April 1990 SR 812.211.  The new monograph is based on the general methods of theEuropean Pharmacopoeia, 3
rd edition including supplement 2000.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 September 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2000
10. Final date for comments:   13 August 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           