WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.482
22September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3846)
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: Federal Office ofPublic Health
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
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): Cosmetics, commodities
andconsumer goods, tobacco andtobacco products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Modification of
Several Ordinances Based ontheFood Lawof9October 1992
6. Description ofcontent: Themodifications include:
- Provisions about thedesignation oftobacco andtobacco products;
- technical provisions about specific consumer goods likecosmetics, pens and
pencils.
7. Objective andrationale: Adaptation ofthetechnical regulations tothestateofscience,
abolition oftrade barriers (cosmetics).
8. Relevant documents: Thefollowing Ordinances willbemodified:
- Ordinance onTobacco andTobacco Products
- Ordinance onCommodities
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 17November 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: