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SwitzerlandUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Plants and plant products, Live animals and animal

Official title

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

Switzerland issued an addendum on 14 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CHE/302. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 2 February 2026. The comment period closed on 3 April 2026.

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At a glance

Products

organic products

Notifying member
Switzerland
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Protection of animal or plant life or health
  • Quality requirements
  • Harmonization
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHE/302Latest notice: G/TBT/N/CHE/302/Add.1
ICS classification
  • 65.020.20 Plant growing
  • 65.020.30 Animal husbandry and breeding
  • 65.080 Fertilizers
  • 65.120 Animal feeding stuffs
  • 67.220.20 Food additives

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 3 April 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 3 April 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHE/302/Add.1; it can take them up with Switzerland.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/CHE/302/Add.1⁩, 14 September 2026)

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.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/CHE/302/Add.1

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

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 3 (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CHE/302

    Comment deadline: Closed on 3 April 2026

    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.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 3 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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