Amendment of Annexes 1 and 10 to the Ordinance on phytosanitary products (OPPh)

Addendum to Regular Notification 2020-04-24
G/SPS/N/CHE/82/Add.2

Description

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. Articles 9 and 10 of the OPPh provide for the possibility of re-assessing whether a substance still meets the conditions for inclusion. The substances subject to such an assessment are included in Annex 10. The active substance epoxiconazole is newly included in Annex 10.

Keywords

Food safety; Human health; Modification of content/scope of regulation