Phytosanitary products (customs tariff heading 3808)

Ordinance on the placing on the market of phytosanitary products

The Ordinance on phytosanitary products (RS 916.161, OPPh) was notified in document G/SPS/N/CHE/82 of 19 December 2019. The OPPh establishes conditions for the placing on the market of phytosanitary products. Annex 1 to the OPPh contains a list of active substances that may be used as phytosanitary products in Switzerland. A new substance is included in this Annex if, once the application accompanying the request has been examined, it meets the conditions established in Article 5. On the other hand, a substance will be removed when it is withdrawn in the European Union.

The following amendment of the OPPh includes the removal of five chemical substances: Benthiavalicarb, Clofentezine, Metiram, S-Metolachlor and Triflusulfuron-methyl. All have already been withdrawn in the European Union and are given the same length in grace periods. The macroorganism Trissolcus basalis will be added to the Annex. The IUPAC- name of the substance Bifenazate is corrected; the substance Calcium carbonate is supplemented by the variant Limestone; the active substance Fatty acids C7 to C20 is supplemented by various variants; the substance Octanoic acid is removed as an independent entry, as it is already listed under Fatty acids C7 to C20 as variant: Caprylic acid (octanoic acid); the substance Tribenuron is supplemented by the variant Tribenuron-methyl whereby Tribenuron-methyl is removed from the Annex as an independent entry; and the name of the microorganism Paecilomyces lilacinus is given a new name.

These amendments are in alignment with EU decisions and regulations. Details are stipulated in the attached draft document.