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2 April 2024 
(24-2787) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 26 March 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Switzerland . 
 
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Ordinance on the placing on the market of phytosanitary products  
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 s ubstances 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. On the other hand, a subst ance will be removed when it is withdrawn in the E uropean Union. 
The following amendment of the OPPh includes the removal of five chemical substances: 
Benthiavalicarb, Clofentezine, Metiram, S -Metolachlor and Triflusulfuron -methyl. All have already 
been wi thdrawn in the European Union and are given the same length in grace periods. 
The macroorganism Trissolcus basalis  will be added to the Annex. The IUPAC - name of the substance 
Bifenazate is corrected; the substance Calcium carbonate is supplemented by the variant Limestone; 
the active substance Fatty acids C7 to C20 is supplemented by various variants; the substance 
Octanoic acid is removed as an independent entry, as it is already listed under Fatty acids C7 to C20 
as variant: Caprylic acid (octanoic acid) ; the substance Tribenuron is supplemented by the variant 
Tribenuron -methyl whereby Tribenuron -methyl is removed from the Annex as an independent entry; 
and the name of the microorganism Paecilomyces lilacinus  is given a new name.  
These amendments are in a lignment with EU decisions and regulations. Details are stipulated in the 
attached draft document.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/CHE/24_02254_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.)  G/SPS/N/CHE/82/Add.9  
 
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  [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 June  2024 
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 SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
 
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