WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.256
28 May 1999
(99-2158)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
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):  Foodstuffs
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Modification of the
Ordinance on Foreign Substances and Components of Foodstuffs
6. Description of content:  Adaption of the thresholds of the lists in the annex of the ordinance.
Abolition of several thresholds for pesticides.  The modifications are scheduled to come into
force on 1 August 1999
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Adaption of the technical regulations to the state of science, abolition of trade barriers(adaption of the Swiss legislation to the EC-legislation), improvement of the health-
protection.
8. Relevant documents:  The Ordinance on Foreign Substances and Components of Foodstuffs
is based on the Food Law of 9 October 1992 and the Food Ordinance of 1 March 1995.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 1 August 1999
10. Final date for comments:  9 July 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           