Skip to content
Expodite

Export regulation updates

Switzerland

Updates about this market, newest first: its WTO notifications of draft SPS and TBT rules and any other update that names it. 18 published so far.

Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.

RSS feed

Narrow this market's updates

Latest updates

18 updates

  1. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Revision of the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on telecommunications installations (OOIT), (2 pages, in German and French). Revision, creation and…

    [Annex 2] Several radio interface regulations (RIR) are amended in line with the latest developments and European harmonization. Following radio interface regulations are amended (784.101.21/ …): RIR0501-33: Private IMT networks in the frequency range 3400 – 3500 MHz (Non-Public Network (NPN))…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/306Comments until 13 December 2026

  2. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Amendment of the Chemicals Act

    The national poison center provides important services to the public and healthcare professionals in cases of poisoning. However, the center’s funding is not adequately regulated. The current Chemicals Act provides for the designation and financial support of a poison center by the federal…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/305Comments until 2 January 2027

  3. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Amendment of Annexes 2 and 3 of the Ordinance on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Chemicals Ordinance; ChemO)

    Annex 2 ChemO: 1. Harmonized classifications and labelling of substances (24th ATP of the EU-CLP regulation): 38 substances or groups of substances are added to the List of harmonized classifications and labeling of dangerous substances, and 9 existing entries are modified. 2. The latest…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/304Comments until 2 January 2027

  4. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft revision of the ordinance on energy efficiency

    As part of the present revision of the Energy Efficiency Ordinance of November 1, 2017 (EnEV; SR 730.02), adaptations to EU law are being made. Energy efficiency requirements are adapted to EU law in Annexes 1.18 (Local Space Heaters) and 2.2 (external power supplies). The existing exception to EU…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/303Comments until 16 November 2026

  5. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Ordinance of 22 September 1997 on Organic Farming (910.181 EAER)

    Amendments in the lists of products and substances authorised to be used in organic production, in particular: plant protection products, fertilisers, feed material, feed additives and food additives and processing aids.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/302/Add.1Comment period closed

  6. WTO notificationSPSCorrected since it was notified

    Proposed measure from Switzerland: food

    Switzerland issued a correction on 9 September 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CHE/85. The measure was first notified on 20 January 2022. The comment period closed on 1 August 2026.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/85/Add.1/Corr.1Comment period closed

  7. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Ordinance on the Enforcement of Food Legislation (SR 817.042)

    Annexes 2 and 3 of the Swiss Ordinance on the Enforcement of Food legislation contain a reference to the Annexes of Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 laying down rules concerning the temporary increase of official controls upon entry into the Union on certain food and feed of non-animal origin from…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/105

  8. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Regulation on flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties used in and on foods

    Flavourings that have been legally placed on the market in the European Union may be directly used in Switzerland. To keep the table of permitted flavourings in Annex 3 of the Flavourings Ordinance up to date, these substances are regularly added to the list.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/104Comment period closed

  9. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Regulation on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

    Revision of various annexes to take account of scientific and technical developments, by adding new authorized substances or by amending restrictions on use. In addition, revision of the requirements governing the use of BPA and other bisphenols in certain categories of food.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/103Comment period closed

  10. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles (Foodstuffs Ordinance) (FSO); and FDHA Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

    GMO that have been tested and permitted in the EU for food, shall be tolerated in Switzerland as traces in an amount of up to 0.5% m/m. The Swiss system allows for food that is considered not to contain GMO, a contamination of up to to 0.5% m/m of 5 GMOs (Mais NK603, Mais GA21, Mais 1507, Mais…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/77/Add.3Comment period closed

  12. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles / Ordinance on Beverages / Ordinance on Information on Foodstuffs / Ordinance on the Lists of Countries Provided for in the Ordinance…

    The proposal provides for mandatory labelling of animal products that are produced using pain-causing procedures without analgesia. The guiding principles of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in the area of animal welfare are used as a benchmark for the labelling requirement…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/285/Add.2Comment period closed

  13. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Ordinance on import, transit and export trade in animals and animal products with third countries / Ordinance on import, transit and export trade in animals and animal products…

    The draft ordinance foresees to prohibit the import of fur and fur products produced using methods cruel to animals. The term 'cruel to animals' is defined based on the guiding principles of the World Organisation for Animal Health WOAH in the area of animal welfare, in particular the principles…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/286/Add.2Comment period closed

  14. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Amendment of the FOAG Ordinance on phytosanitary measures for agriculture and horticulture; SR 916.202.1

    This notification concerns the amendment of an existing ordinance (VPM-BLW, SR 916.202.1) which specifies the provisions of the Ordinance on the Protection of Plants against Particularly Dangerous Harmful Organisms (Plant Health Ordinance, PGesV, SR 916.20, which was notified under G/SPS/N/CHE/83)…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/102Comment period closed

  15. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Ordinance on the Implementation of Foodstuffs Legislation

    The Ordinance on the Implementation of Foodstuffs Legislation lays down rules concerning the temporary increase of official controls upon entry into Switzerland on certain food and feed of non-animal origin from certain third countries (in Annex II); special import conditions for certain food and…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/101

  16. WTO notificationTBTCorrected since it was notified

    Draft Ordinance of the Federal Council concerning amendments of the Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks relating to the Use of Certain Particularly Dangerous Substances…

    The placing on the market of packaging that comes into contact with foodstuffs, as well as consumer goods that are intended for single use is prohibited, if they exceed the following values in homogeneous material a) a mass content of at least one non-polymeric PFASs of 0.0000025 per cent (25…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/301/Corr.1Comment period closed

  18. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Changes to Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

    The modification concerns annex 3 of the GMFO. This annex contains a list of GMO products that may be put on the Swiss market without a specific authorisation by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office. There will be 20 new entries into that list: 1,4 alpha-D-glucane glucanohydrolase (EC…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/266/Rev.1/Add.1Comment period closed

Browse by market

Every market that has notified a measure, with the number of notifications published here.

What SPS and TBT mean

SPSSanitary and phytosanitary measures

Food safety, animal and plant health

Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.

TBTTechnical barriers to trade

Technical product rules

Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.

Get these automatically for your products and markets.

Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.

Start freeSee export intelligence