WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHE/20
18 April 2000
(00-1573)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SWITZERLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office for Agriculture, Berne
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Plants, plant products, soil and growing medium for plants
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Ordinance on Plant Protection
(97 pages)
5. Description of content:  Phytosanitary requirements for import, production and transit of
plants, plant products, soil and growing medium for plants.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Plant Protection Convention
(IPPC);  the proposal is in accordance with the phytosanitary measures under the IPPC.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Draft is based
on the Federal Law of Agriculture (Articles 148, 149, 152, 153 and 177), the Federal Lawon Forests (Articles 26 and 49) and the Federal Law on the Environment (Article 29g) (All
available in French and German).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  23 June 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           