. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/26
22 May 2003
(03-2749)
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 Roads Authority (FEDRO).
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 [    ], 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):   Vehicles carrying goods
and vehicles with more than 9 places including the driver (vehicle classes N2, N3, M2 and
M3), Motorcycles.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Modification of the
Ordinance on the Technical Requirements for Road Vehicles (VTS) and modification of the
Ordinance relating to the Technical Requiremen ts of Motorcycles, lightweight, small and
three-wheeled Motor Vehicles (TAFV3) (5 pages, in German and French).
6. Description of content:   Vehicles carrying goods and vehicles with more than 9 places
including the driver (vehicle classes N2, N3, M2 and M3): Introduction of mandatory speed
limiters according to Directive No 2002/85/EC and introduction of mandatory frontal
under-run protection devices according to Directive No 2000/40/EC.
Motorcycles: Introduction of mandatory emission limits according to Directive
No 2002/51/EC.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of public health, environmenta l protection, harmonisation with EC law.
8. Relevant documents:   Strassenverkehrsgesetz (Federal Road Traffic Act), Ordinance on
the Technical Requirements for Road Vehicles (VTS), Ordinance relating to the Technical
Requirements of Motorcycles, lightweight, small and three-wheeled Motor Vehicles
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2003
10. Final date for comments:   31 July 2003
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:           