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6 July 2021  
(21-5343) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 6 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Switzerland . 
 
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Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)  
The modification concerns annex 3 of the GMFO. This annex contains a list of GMO products that may 
be put on the Swiss market without a specific authorisation by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary 
Office. There will be two new entries into that list: Endo -1,4-β-xylanase (EC3.2.1.8) and 
Phospholipase A2 (EC3.1.1.41).  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHE/21_4508_00_f.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in  proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the dat e of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 4 September 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if availab le) of other 
body:  
State Secretariate for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail add ress (if available) of other body:  
  
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