. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/10
28 June 2001
(01-3227)
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, Berne
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):   Compressed gas packing
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    Draft Modification to
Ordinance on Compressed Gas Packing of 26 June 1995  (3 pages in German/French)
http:// wwwe-bag.root.adm in.ch/verbrau/lebensmi/lmrecht/revisionen/d/index.htm
6. Description of content:   Introduction of a ban on the sale of compressed gas packing with
inflammable, moderately inflammable and highly inflammable spray jets used for upkeep or
decoration.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Health Protection;  alignment of the Swiss Law to EC regulations.
8. Relevant documents:
- Ordinance on Compressed Gas Packing of 26th June 1995 (German/French/Italian; RS
817.045.1)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_045_1.html
- Ordinance on Articles for Daily Use of 1st March 1995 (German/French/Italian; RS
817.04).http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_04.htmlG/TBT/N/CHE/10
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- Food Law of 9th October 1992 (German/French/Italian: RS 817.0)
http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c817_0.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:           