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SPS - Sanitary or phytosanitary measure - Any measure applied:

To protect animal or plant life or health within the territory of the Member from risks arising from the entry, establishment or spread of pests, diseases, disease-carrying organisms or disease-causing organisms, risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in foods, beverages or feedstuffs, risks arising from diseases carried by animals, plants or products thereof, or from the entry, establishment or spread of pests and to prevent or limit other damage within the territory of the Member from the entry, establishment or spread of pests.


S.No. Date Notifying Member Region Country Product Covered Brief Notification Final Date of Comment
1 17 Jul 2025 Switzerland All Trading Partner Guar gum The regulation on the import of guar gum originating in India is repealed. Since July 2007, in the European Union, high levels of pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxins were repeatedly found in batches of guar gum originating in or coming from India. Special provisions or the import of guar gum originating in or coming from India were introduced in the European Union in 2008. In 2010, Switzerland adopted an ordinance on the import of guar gum originating in or coming from India, in line with the EU ordinance. This was done to ensure that only compliant guar gum enters Switzerland and that food safety is therefore guaranteed. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary reinforcement of official controls and on emergency measures on the entry of certain goods from certain third countries into the Union for the implementation of Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/175 was repealed. The new regulation regulates, among other things, the provisions for the import of guar gum from India and reviews them at regular intervals. Based on satisfactory controls, the control of guar gum from India was suspended in the European Union in 2024. As the controls in Switzerland were also satisfactory, there is no longer any justification for continuing these controls. The Ordinance on the import of guar gum originating in or coming from India should therefore be repealed. G/SPS/N/CHE/100 17 Aug 2025
2 10 Oct 2023 Switzerland All trading Partner Food preparations, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 210690) Human health; Food safety; Food additives G/SPS/N/CHE/96 N/A
3 31 Aug 2023 Switzerland All Trading Partner Meat and edible meat offal (HS code(s): 02); Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code(s): 03); Dairy produce; Birds' eggs; Natural honey; Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 04); Agriculture (ICS code(s): 65) Animal diseases; Animal health G/SPS/N/CHE/94 N/A
4 07 Jun 2022 Switzerland All Trading Partners HS Code(s) 2017: 06, 07, 08 and 44; ICS Code(s): 55 and 65 Plant health; Plant diseases; Territory protection; Pests; Modification of content/scope of regulation; Territory protection; Pests; Plant health; Plant diseases G/SPS/N/CHE/86/Add.1 N/A
5 20 Aug 2021 Switzerland All Trading Partners Phytosanitary products (customs tariff heading 3808) Food safety, Human health, Modification of content/scope of regulation G/SPS/N/CHE/82/Add.4 N/A
6 06 Jul 2021 Switzerland All Trading Partners All product containing traces of GMO being authorised according to EU Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 Biotechnology, Food safety, Human health, Modification of content scope of... G/SPS/N/CHE/77/Add.2 N/A
7 22 Feb 2021 Switzerland All Trading Partners Phytosanitary products (customs tariff heading 3808) Food safety, Human health, Modification of content/scope of regulation G/SPS/N/CHE/82/Add.3 N/A
8 24 Mar 2020 Switzerland All Trading Partners Plants, plant products and all matter liable to harbour or... Pests, Plant diseases, Plant health, Territory protection G/SPS/N/CHE/83 N/A
9 24 Mar 2020 Switzerland All Trading Partners Plants, plant products and all materials that ... Certification, control and inspection, Modification of content scope of... G/SPS/N/CHE/74/Add.1 N/A
10 20 Mar 2020 Switzerland All Trading Partners All product containing traces of GMO being authorised... Modification of content/scope of regulation G/SPS/N/CHE/77/Add.1 N/A
11 26 Aug 2019 Switzerland All Trading Partners All type of fortified food and food supplements Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/CHE/79 N/A
12 26 Aug 2019 Switzerland All Trading Partners Drinking water Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/CHE/78 N/A
13 26 Aug 2019 Switzerland All Trading Partners All type of fortified food, food supplements and food for... Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/CHE/80 N/A
14 21 Aug 2019 Switzerland All Trading Partners HS Codes 2009 and 2202 Food safety, Human health G/SPS/N/CHE/76 N/A
15 21 Aug 2019 Switzerland All Trading Partners All product containing traces of GMO being authorised... Food safety, Genetically modified organisms, Human health G/SPS/N/CHE/77 N/A
16 23 Mar 2010 Switzerland All trading partners Phytosanitary products Food safety Human health Labelling Packaging Pesticides Plant health G/SPS/N/CHE/71 N/A
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