WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.218
27May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2223)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWITZERLAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Federal Office ofEnvironment, Forests andLandscape/Federal
Office ofPublic Health
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Chemical substances and
preparations
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Revision ofthe
Ordinance Relating toEnvironmentally Hazardous Substances; Revision oftheOrder
Relating toToxic Substances; Ordinance onMaterial Safety DataSheets
6. Description ofcontent: Thedrafts include thefollowing new/revised provisions:
- Classification criteria andlabelling requirements forsubstances andpreparations
hazardous totheenvironment according toECDirective 93/21/EEC and
COM (96)347 final;
- obligation toprovide amaterial safety datasheet toprofessional users for
chemical substances andpreparations dangerous tohealth ortheenvironment.
Thesafety datasheets shallcontain theinformation asrequested by91/155/EEC
and93/112/EEC;
- health andsafety tests used forregistration purpose shall beconducted in
compliance withtheprinciples ofgood laboratory practice (GLP);
- labelling requirements fordetergents andcleaning agents shallbemodified and
brought inlinewithECrecommendations (89/542/EEC).
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7. Objective andrationale: InitsDecree of30June 1993 ontheremoval oftechnical
barriers totrade intheareaofproduct regulations, theFederal Council decided tomake
Switzerland 'slawsonchemicals compatible withthose oftheEC. Thedraft revised
ordinances areonestepinthisharmonization process.
8. Relevant documents: Federal lawrelating totheprotection oftheenvironment;
amendment of21December 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1October 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 22July1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: