CHE/236
WTO/TBT
CH Switzerland
  • 55 - Packaging and distribution of goods
2019-08-20
2019-05-16

Prepackages

·         Draft revision of the Ordinance on the Declaration of Quantities for Unpackaged and Prepackaged Products (14 pages; available in French and German) 

.         Draft revision of the Ordinance of the Federal Departement of Justice and Police on the Declaration of Quantities for Unpackaged and Prepackaged Products (6 pages; available in French and German).

The revision adopts the procedure of the reference method for statistical checking of batches of prepackages as regulated by the European Union (Council Directive 76/211/EEC of 20 January 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain prepackaged products) and clarifies minor points, such as the packaging of vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower.

The revision amends the following two ordinances of 2012:

·         Ordinance on the Declaration of Quantities for Unpackaged and Prepackaged Products (RS 941.204; available in French, German and Italian): https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20120892/index.html

.         Ordinance of the Federal Departement of Justice and Police on the Declaration of Quantities for Unpackaged and Prepackaged Products (RS 941.204.1; available in French, German and Italian): https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20120894/index.html