WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.236
4June1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2335)
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 ofEnvironment, Forests andLandscape
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Stationery internal
combustion engines andgasturbines
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe
Ordinance onAirPollution Control of6January 1997
6. Description ofcontent:
-Newemission limits forstationary internal combustion engines withaheatinput over
100kW
Particles 50mg/m3
Carbon monoxide 650mg/m3
Nitrogen oxides (nitrogen monoxide andnitrogen dioxide), indicated asnitrogen
dioxide:
when running onbio-gases orwaste disposal sitegases: 400mg/m3
when running onother fuels: 250mg/m3
-Newemission limits forgasturbines
Sootsmoke numbers (Bacharach Method):
withaheatinput upto20MW: smoke number 4
withaheatinput overto20MW: smoke number 2
Carbon monoxide:
withaheatinput upto40MW: 240mg/m3
withaheatinput overto40MW: 120mg/m3
Sulphur dioxide: 120mg/m3 atamass flowof2.5kg./h ormore
Nitrogen monoxide andnitrogen dioxide, indicated asnitrogen dioxide:
turbines withaheatinput of40MWormore: 50mg/m3
turbines withaheatinput upto40MW:
when running onbiogases orwaste disposal sitegases 150mg/m3
when running onother fuels 100mg/m3
-Newambient airquality standards
suspended particulate matter 20µg/m3 Annual average
withanaerodynamic diameter (arithmetical average)
lessthan10µm 50µg/m3 24-hr average; maybe
exceeded onlyonceper
year
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7. Objective andrationale: Adaptation tothestateoftheart
8. Relevant documents: Ordinance onAirPollution Control of16December 1985
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:September 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 4August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: