WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.793
30December 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-5629)
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: Customs Directorate-General, Central Office forPrecious Metals
Control
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
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): Articles made ofor
coated withprecious metals
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Instructions about the
Application ofthePrecious Metals Control Legislation
6. Description ofcontent: Detailed prescriptions about thecomposition andthemarking
requirements forprecious metals articles, multimetal articles, coated articles and
imitations, about theofficial hallmarking procedure andabout thetrade with used
articles made ofgoldorsilver.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: In
several articles ofthe1994/95 partially revised LawandOrdinance onPrecious Metals
Control thecompetence oftheinterpretation ofspecific details isdelegated totheCentral
Office ofPrecious Metals Control.
8. Relevant documents:
LawonPrecious Metals Control of20June1933, revised on17June1994.
Precious Metals Ordinance of8May1934, revised on19June1995.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1April 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 20February 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: