. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/17
1 February 2002
(02-0509)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  French
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:   Federal Office of Agriculture (OFAG), Bern
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 (seco)
             National Notification Authority
             Non-Tariff Measures
Effingerstrasse 1CH-3003 Bern
Tel: +41 (0) 31 324 07 82
Fax: +41 (0) 31 324 09 58
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):   Seeds and other
propagating material
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Amendment of
the Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on the Production and Entry into Free Circulation of
Plant Propagating Material  (2 pages, in French/German/Italian)
6. Description of content:   The amendment of the above Ordinance involves extending its
scope of application to ornamental plants and lawn seeds, making it possible, where
appropriate, to establish quality requirements for seeds and propagating material of these
types placed on the market.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Plant preservation.  Adaptation of Swiss legislation to EC regulations.
8. Relevant documents:  Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on the Production and Entry into
Free Circulation of Plant Propagating Material  (RS 916.151; French/German/Italian)
http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c916_151.htmlG/TBT/N/CHE/17
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }to be determined
10. Final date for comments:   30 March 2002
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:           