. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/6
27 June 2001
(01-3223)
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:   Federal Office of Public Health
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:
National Notification Authority
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) – NTFB
Effingerstrasse 1
CH-3003 Bern
Tel: +41 31 324 07 82
Fax: +41 31 324 09 59
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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Cheese
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Modifications
to the Ordinance of 10th December 1981 on the Designation of Swiss Cheese
(French/German;  2 pages)
http:// wwwe-bag.root.adm in.ch/verbrau/lebensmi/lmrecht/revisionen/f/index.htm
6. Description of content:   The proposed draft modification lays down new dimension
(height 3-5cm; diameter: 10-32cm) and weight (350g to 3kg) requirements for wholecheeses of the type "Vacherin Mont d' Or".
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Prevention of deceptive practices;  Amendments are needed to meet market demands.
8. Relevant documents:
- Ordinance of 10th December 1981 on the Designation of Swiss Cheese
(German/French/Italian: RS 817.141)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/817_141/index.html
- Food Law of 9th October 1992 (German/French/Italian: RS 817.0)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_0.htmlG/TBT/N/CHE/6
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- Food Ordinance of 1st March 1995 (German/French/Italian: RS 817.02)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_02.html       
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2001
10. Final date for comments:   6 August 2001
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:           