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24 April 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 24 April 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Switzerland . 
 
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Amendment of Annexes 1 and 10 to the Ordinance on phytosanitary products (OPPh)  
The Ordinance on phytosanitary products (RS 916.161, OPPh) was notified in document 
G/SPS/N/CHE/82 of 19 December 2019. The OPPh establishes conditions for the placing on the market 
of phytosanitary products. Annex 1 to the OPPh contains a  list of active substances that may be used 
as phytosanitary products in Switzerland. A new substance is included in this Annex if, once the 
application accompanying the request has been examined, it meets the conditions established in 
Article 5. Articles 9 and 10 of the OPPh provide for the possibility of re -assessing whether a substance 
still meets the conditions for inclusion. The substances subject to such an assessment are included in 
Annex 10.  The active substance epoxiconazole is newly included in An nex 10.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHE/20_2913_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 o f 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 date of circulation of the addendum to the notification an d/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 23 June 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECOHolzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
Email: sps@seco.admin.ch   G/SPS/N/CHE/82/Add.2  
 
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  Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other bod y: 
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
Email: sps@seco.admin.ch   
 
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