. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/31
13 October 2003
(03-5391)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWITZERLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Swiss Federal Office of Metrology and Accreditation
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Non Tariff Measures Division (WHNT)
Effingerstrasse 1
CH-3003 Berne / Switzerland
Phone: +41 31 323 8941
Fax: +41 31 324 0959
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Measuring instruments
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
Ordinance on measuring instruments, 68 pages, German and French
6. Description of content:
The ordinance establishes the essential requirements and the corresponding conformity
assessments for measuring instruments and systems subject to legal metrological control. It
regulates the placing on the market, putting into use and the procedures for the post-market
preservation of the metrological properties of the measuring instruments.
The ordinance is based on the New Approach principles of the EC.
This ordinance, as a general and horizontal regulation, will be complemented by a series of
specific ordinances on the different types of measuring instruments.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Modernization of national regulations; harmonization with EC regulations
8. Relevant documents:
Law on Metrology (June 9, 1977, SR 941.20)
Law on Technical Barriers to Trade (October 6, 1995, SR 946.51).G/TBT/N/CHE/31
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July  2004          
10. Final date for comments:  10 December 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:           