WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.284
26August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3313)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.4.
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Narcotic drugs,
psychotropic substances
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Drugs Ordinance
6. Description ofcontent: Transposition oftheUNO Convention intonational legislation
7. Objective andrationale: Thislegislation willenable thecontrol oftheabove-mentioned
substances intheinternational market involving Switzerland.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 1July1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1January 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 14October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: