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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CHE/30
18 April 2002
(02-2154)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SWITZERLAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office for Public Health, Berne
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Feedstuffs  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant
or practicable:  Any countries exporting feedstuffs to Switzerland
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft modifications to the
Ordinance of 26 May 1999 on the production and placing on the market of feedstuffs
(9 pages;  German / French).
Draft modifications to the Ordinance of the Federal Department for Economic Affairs of
10 June 1999 on the production and placing on the market of feedstuffs, additives in
feedstuffs, additives for ensilage and feedstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes
(4 pages;  German / French).
5. Description of content:  Extension of the existing regulation to feedstuffs for pet animals.
Requirement for producers to exercise their own controls.  Establishment of an
authorization requirement for producers using certain additives.  Introduction of a certain
documentation requirement for producers of feedstuffs for farmed animals.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
- Ordinance of 26 May 1999 on the production and placing on the market of feedstuffs
(SR 916.307;  French/German/Italian.
http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/916_307/index.html
- Ordinance of the Federal Department for Economic Affairs of 10 June 1999 on the
production and placing on the market of feedstuffs, additives in feedstuffs, additives
for ensilage and feedstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes (RS 916.307.1;
French/German/Italian).http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/916_307_1/index.html
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2002G/SPS/N/CHE/30
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2003
11. Final date for comments:  15 June 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Swiss Association for Standardization
Bürglistrasse 29CH - 8400 Winterthur
SWITZERLAND
Telephone: + (41 52) 224 54 13
Telefax: + (41 52) 224 54 38E-mail/Internet: switec@snv.ch