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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 1.6.2026
COM(2026) 259 final
2026/0133 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
On the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Veterinary
Committee set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation on trade in agricultural products relating to Decision No 1/2026
concerning amendments to Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex 11 to the Agreement
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PROPOSAL
This proposal concerns the decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European
Union within the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, in relation to the
amendments to Annex 11 to the Agreement on animal health and zootechnical measures
applicable to trade in live animals and animal products.
2. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
2.1. Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on
trade in agricultural products
The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in
agricultural products (the ‘Agreement’) aims to strengthen free-trade relations between the
Parties by improving the access of each to the market in agricultural products of the other.
The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2002.
2.2. Joint Veterinary Committee
The Joint Veterinary Committee is responsible for examining all questions arising in
connection with Annex 11 to the Agreement. Article 19(3) of Annex 11 to the Agreement
authorises the Joint Veterinary Committee to amend the appendices thereto, in particular with
a view to adapting and updating them.
2.3. The envisaged act of the Joint Veterinary Committee
At its next meeting, the Joint Veterinary Committee must adopt a decision to amend
Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex 11 in order to take into account the regulatory
developments of the two parties and to maintain the same conditions for the movement of
animals and animal products as those between EU Member States.
The envisaged act will become binding on the parties in accordance with Article 19(3) of
Annex 11 to the Agreement.
3. POSITION TO BE TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE UNION
The proposed decision of the Joint Veterinary Committee aims to further facilitate trade in
animal products between the Union and Switzerland by bringing the Annex into line with the
changes in legislation and in the respective control systems for animal health of the Union and
Switzerland, and by recognising their equivalence.
The proposed adjustments aim to update the regulatory references of the Union and of
Switzerland to cover all animal diseases. In particular, they aim to improve the management
of cross-border diseases by allowing for rapid changes in animal disease status.
In addition, the functioning of the information management system for official controls has
evolved. In order to facilitate administrative cooperation between the Union and Switzerland
and to guarantee the smooth exchange of information on official controls, Switzerland should
be fully integrated into all the components of the Union’s new system.
Lastly, in order to combat antimicrobial resistance, the Union has put in place restrictions on
the use of antimicrobial medicinal products in farmed animals and new requirements for
imports of animals and products of animal origin originating in third countries, by requiring
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the use of updated official certificates with a statement of conformity signed by the competent
authorities. Failing the adoption of a decision by the Joint Veterinary Committee prior to the
entry into force of the new provisions on antimicrobials, Switzerland should provide these
certificates from 3 September 2026, and the Union should consider Switzerland as a third
country required to provide such certificates.
In order to avoid this situation, Switzerland updated its national legislation on [date May
2026] to ensure that it reflects the Union's new provisions on antimicrobials prior to their
entry into force on 3 September 2026. Switzerland will apply these amendments as of 1
September 2026. Trade in animals and products of animal origin between Switzerland and the
Union may therefore continue to be conducted without an accompanying official certificate to
demonstrate compliance with the above-mentioned restrictions. In the draft decision of the
Joint Veterinary Committee, the parties undertake to review the arrangements described
above before their expiry date of 1 July 2028.
4. LEGAL BASIS
4.1. Procedural legal basis
4.1.1. Principles
Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides for
decisions establishing ‘the positions to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in a body set up by
an agreement, when that body is called upon to adopt acts having legal effects, with the
exception of acts supplementing or amending the institutional framework of the agreement.’
The notion of ‘acts having legal effects’ includes acts that have legal effects by virtue of the
rules of international law governing the body in question. It also includes instruments that do
not have a binding effect under international law, but that are ‘capable of decisively
influencing the content of the legislation adopted by the EU legislature’1.
4.1.2. Application to the present case
The Joint Veterinary Committee is a body set up by an agreement, namely the Agreement
between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural
products.
The act which the Joint Veterinary Committee is called upon to adopt constitutes an act
having legal effects. The envisaged act will be binding on the Union, in accordance with
Article 19(3) of Annex 11 to the Agreement.
The envisaged act does not supplement or amend the institutional framework of the
Agreement.
Therefore, the procedural legal basis for the proposed decision is Article 218(9) TFEU.
4.2. Substantive legal basis
4.2.1. Principles
The substantive legal basis for a Decision under Article 218(9) TFEU depends primarily on
the objective and content of the envisaged act in respect of which a position is adopted on
behalf of the Union. If the act envisaged pursues two aims or has two components and if one
of those aims or components is identifiable as the main one, whereas the other is merely
1 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 7 October 2014, Germany v Council, C-399/12,
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2258, paragraphs 61 to 64.
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incidental, the decision under Article 218(9) TFEU must be founded on a single substantive
legal basis, namely that required by the main or predominant aim or component.
4.2.2. Application to the present case
The objective and content of the envisaged act relate primarily to the facilitation of trade in
animals and animal products.
Therefore, the substantive legal basis of the proposed Decision is Article 207(4) TFEU.
4.3. Conclusion
The legal basis of the proposed decision should be Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article
218(9) TFEU.
5. PUBLICATION OF THE ENVISAGED ACT
As the act of the Joint Veterinary Committee will amend Annex 11 to the Agreement, it
should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union after its adoption.
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2026/0133 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
On the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Veterinary
Committee set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation on trade in agricultural products relating to Decision No 1/2026
concerning amendments to Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex 11 to the Agreement
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular
Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on
trade in agricultural products (hereinafter the ‘Agreement’) was concluded by the
Union pursuant to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council and of the
Commission1 and entered into force on 1 June 2002.
(2) Under Article 19(1) of Annex 11 to the Agreement, the Joint Veterinary Committee
set up by the Agreement (hereinafter ‘the Joint Veterinary Committee’) is responsible
for considering any matter arising in connection with that Annex and its
implementation, and for carrying out the tasks provided for therein. Article 19(3) of
that Annex authorises the Joint Veterinary Committee to amend the appendices to
Annex 11, in particular with a view to adapting and updating them.
(3) At its next meeting, the Joint Veterinary Committee must adopt a decision amending
Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex 11 to the Agreement.
(4) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the
Joint Veterinary Committee, since this decision amending Annex 11 to the Agreement
is binding on the Union.
(5) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 amends
and repeals several texts of relevance to Annex 11 to the Agreement. The measures
concerning the animal health rules provided for in Swiss legislation have been
assessed and recognised as equivalent to Union legislation. The assessment of this
equivalence was carried out taking into account all legal acts based on Union
legislation concerning animal health rules. All references to measures concerning the
animal health rules in Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex 11 to the Agreement
should therefore be amended.
1 Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on
Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with
the Swiss Confederation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, pp 1–5, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2002/309/oj). 2 Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on
transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health
(‘animal health law’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2006, pp 1-208, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj).
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(6) Given the recognised equivalence of measures concerning animal health rules, the
recognition of disease-free status for certain diseases should be simplified in order to
accelerate it and thus allow for the improved management of cross-border diseases.
(7) In view of the successive developments concerning specified risk material and the use
of animal protein in the feed of non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals,
the provisions for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies referred to in Appendices 1 and 6 to the Agreement
should be updated and simplified.
(8) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 amends
and repeals several texts of importance for Annex 11 to the Agreement, in particular
for the application of Regulation (EU ) 2016/429. Furthermore, since 1 January 2009,
Switzerland has incorporated into its national legislation the Union requirements for
the official controls to be carried out in order to ensure compliance with the legislation
on animals and products of animal origin, as well as with all the provisions adopted for
their implementation in the field of the control of imports from third countries into the
European Union. All references to official controls concerning the animal health rules
and controls on imports from third countries, set out in Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10
of Annex 11 to the Agreement, should therefore be amended.
(9) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/17154 has laid down rules for the
functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system
components. It has brought together, streamlined and replaced a number of previous
acts laying down separate provisions on the various IT platforms which became
components of the computerised information management system for official controls
(IMSOC). In order to facilitate administrative cooperation between the parties and to
guarantee smooth exchanges of information on official controls between the European
Commission, the competent authorities of the Member States and the Swiss competent
authorities, Switzerland should be fully integrated into the IMSOC system.
Switzerland should designate a contact point for that purpose; All references to the
information management system for official controls in Appendices 1, 5, 6 and 10 of
Annex 11 to the Agreement should therefore be amended.
(10) The prudent use of antimicrobials is a cornerstone in addressing antimicrobial
resistance (AMR). Switzerland and the EU are committed to combating AMR through
action plans based on the ‘One Health’ approach.
Switzerland will apply the same provisions as those set out in Article 107 (with the
exception of paragraph 6), in conjunction with Article 37(5) of Regulation (EU)
3 Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official
controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on
animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No
999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No
652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council
Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC,
2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC)
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC,
89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision
92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Official Controls Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp 1-
142, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/2025-01-05). 4 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the
functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components (the
IMSOC Regulation) (OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, pp 37–96, ELI
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/1715/oj).
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2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council5, as regards the rules on the
use of antimicrobial medicinal products in productive animals, the prohibition of use
in productive animals of designated antimicrobials or of groups of antimicrobials
reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans, and for controls of imports
of animals and products of animal origin originating in third countries. Trade in
animals and products of animal origin between Switzerland and the European Union
may therefore be conducted without an accompanying official certificate to
demonstrate compliance with the restrictions applicable to the use of antimicrobial
medicinal products until 1 July 2028. These provisions should be added in
Appendices 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex 11 to the Agreement.
As Switzerland has planned a more substantial update to its legislation on medicinal
products in the coming months, the parties undertake to review these arrangements
before their expiry date of 1 July 2028.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the next meeting of the Joint
Veterinary Committee set up by Article 19(1) of Annex 11 to the Agreement between the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products regarding
the amendments to Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex 11 to the Agreement is based on
the draft Decision of the Joint Veterinary Committee annexed to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
5 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on
veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43,
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/6/oj)
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 1.6.2026
COM(2026) 259 final
ANNEX
ANNEX
to the
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Veterinary
Committee set up by Article 9(1) of Annex 11 to the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products relating to
Decision No 1/2026 concerning amendments to Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 of Annex
11 to the Agreement
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Draft
DECISION No 1/2026 OF THE JOINT VETERINARY COMMITTEE
SET UP BY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
ON TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
of …
concerning amendments to Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10
to Annex 11 to the Agreement
THE JOINT VETERINARY COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on
trade in agricultural products1 and in particular Article 19(3) of Annex 11 thereto,
Whereas:
(1) The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade
in agricultural products (hereinafter the ‘Agriculture Agreement’) entered into force on 1
June 2002.
(2) Under Article 19(1) of Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement, the Joint Veterinary
Committee set up by the Agriculture Agreement (‘the Joint Veterinary Committee’) is
responsible for considering any matter arising in connection with that Annex and its
implementation, and for carrying out the tasks provided for therein. Article 19(3) of Annex
11 authorises the Joint Veterinary Committee to amend the Appendices to that Annex, in
particular with a view to their adaptation and updating.
(3) Decision No 2/2003 of the Joint Veterinary Committee2 amended Appendices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 and 11 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement for the first time.
(4) Decision No 1/2018 of the Joint Veterinary Committee 3 last amended Appendix 6 to
Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement.
1 OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132. 2 Decision No 2/2003 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 25 November 2003 amending
Appendices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 11 to Annex 11 to the Agreement (2004/78/EC) (OJ L 23, 28.1.2004, p. 27).
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(5) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council4 amends and
repeals several texts of relevance to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement. The animal
health measures provided for in Swiss legislation have been assessed and recognised as
equivalent to European Union legislation. The assessment of this equivalence was carried
out taking into account all legal acts based on animal health legislation. All references to
the animal health measures in Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 to Annex 11 to the
Agriculture Agreement should therefore be amended.
(6) Given the recognised equivalence concerning animal health, the recognition of disease-free
status shall be simplified in order to accelerate it and thus allow for the improved
management of cross-border diseases.
(7) In view of the successive developments concerning specified risk material and the use of
animal protein in the feed of non-ruminant animals other than fur animals, the provisions
for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies are updated and simplified in Appendices 1 and 6 to Annex 11 to the
Agriculture Agreement.
3 Decision No 1/2018 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 12 June 2018 amending Appendix
6 to Annex 11 to the Agreement [2020/554/EU] (OJ L 127 of 22.4.2020, p. 26, ELI:
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj).4 Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘animal health
legislation’) (OJ L 87 of 31.3.2016, p. 1, (OJ L 84 of 31.3.2006, pp. 1-208, ELI:
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/429/oj)
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(8) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council5 amends and
repeals several texts of importance for Annex 11 to the Agreement, in particular for the
application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429. Furthermore, since 1 January 2009, Switzerland
has incorporated into its national legislation the requirements of the European Union for
the official controls performed in order to ensure compliance with the legislation on
animals and products of animal origin, and also all the provisions adopted for their
implementation in the field of the control of imports from third countries into the European
Union. All references to official controls concerning the animal health rules and controls
on imports from third countries, set out in Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 to Annex 11 to
the Agreement, should therefore be amended.
(9) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/17156; It has brought together,
streamlined and replaced a number of previous acts laying down separate provisions on the
various IT platforms which have now become components of the computerised
information management system for official controls (IMSOC). In order to facilitate
administrative cooperation between the parties and to guarantee smooth exchanges of
information on official controls between the European Commission, the competent
authorities of the Member States and the Swiss competent authorities, Switzerland should
be fully integrated into the IMSOC system. Switzerland should designate a contact point
for that purpose; All references to the information management system for official controls
in Appendices 1, 5, 6 and 10 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement should therefore
be amended.
5 Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and
welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No
396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429
and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and
(EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and
2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1-142, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/2025-01-05) 6 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for the
functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components (the IMSOC
Regulation) (OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/1715/oj)
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(10) The prudent use of antimicrobials is a cornerstone in addressing antimicrobial resistance
(AMR). Switzerland and the European Union are engaging with One Health action plans to
combat AMR.
Switzerland will apply the same provisions as those set out in Article 107 (with the
exception of paragraph 6), in conjunction with Article 37(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/67 of
the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the rules on the use of
antimicrobial medicinal products in productive animals, the prohibition of use in
productive animals of designated antimicrobials or of groups of antimicrobials reserved for
the treatment of certain infections in humans, and for controls of imports of animals and
products of animal origin originating in third countries. Trade in animals and products of
animal origin between Switzerland and the European Union may therefore be conducted
without an accompanying official certificate to demonstrate compliance with the
restrictions applicable to the use of antimicrobial medicinal products. These provisions
should be added in Appendices 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture
Agreement.
(11) Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement should be
amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
7 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary
medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43,
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/6/oj)
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Article 1
Appendices 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement are amended in
accordance with Annexes I to VI to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
It shall apply from 1 September 2026.
Done at Brussels, […]
For the Swiss Confederation For the European Union
The Head of Delegation The Head of Delegation
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ANNEX I
Appendix 1 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘Appendix 1
Control measures/notification of diseases
I. Diseases of terrestrial animals
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animals diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘animal health
legislation’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1-
208) and the delegated and
implementing acts based on this
Regulation adopted by 31 December
2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules on
the agri-food chain concerning animal
health:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic
diseases (LFE; RS 916.40);
2. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401);
3. Ordinance of 28 June 2000 on the
organisation of the Federal Department
of the Interior (Org DFI; RS 172.212.1),
and in particular Article 12 thereof;
4. Ordinance of 25 May 2011 on animal
by-products (OSPA; RS 916.441.22).
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European Union Switzerland
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1-
142).
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. The Commission and the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office shall notify each other
of any intention to carry out emergency vaccinations. In extreme emergencies, notification
may cover the decision as taken and the rules and procedures governing its
implementation. At all events, consultations must be held as soon as possible within the
Joint Veterinary Committee.
2. The list of European Union reference laboratories shall be published on the European
Commission’s website, in accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Switzerland shall pay the costs for which it is liable for operations carried out by the
laboratories in the above capacity. The functions and tasks of these laboratories are those
laid down in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
The list of national reference laboratories for Switzerland shall be published on the website
of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office.
3. Inspections are carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee in
accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and Article 57 of
the Law on epizootic diseases.
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II. Fish and Mollusc diseases
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on this Regulation adopted by 31
December 2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules on
the agri-food chain concerning animal
health:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142).
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic
diseases (LFE; RS 916.40);
2. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
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B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. Flat oyster farming is not currently practised in Switzerland. Should cases of bonamiosis or
marteiliosis appear, the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office undertakes to adopt the
necessary emergency measures in accordance with the EU rules on the basis of Article 57
of the Act on epizootic diseases.
2. With a view to combating diseases affecting fish and molluscs, Switzerland shall apply the
Ordinance on epizootic diseases, in particular Articles 61 (obligations of leasers of fishing
rights and of bodies responsible for monitoring fishing), 62 to 76 (general measures for
combating disease), 277 to 290 (specific measures relating to fish diseases, diagnostic
laboratory) and 291 (epizootic diseases to be monitored).
3. The list of European Union reference laboratories shall be published on the European
Commission’s website, in accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Switzerland shall pay the costs for which it is liable for operations carried out by the
laboratories in the above capacity. The functions and tasks of these laboratories are those
laid down in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
The list of national reference laboratories for Switzerland shall be published on the website
of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office.
4. Inspections are carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee in
accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and Article 57 of
the Law on epizootic diseases.
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III. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for
the prevention, control and eradication
of certain transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001,
p. 1).
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules on
the agri-food chain concerning animal
health:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142).
1. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and
exportation of animals and animal
products (OITE-PT; RS 916.443.10);
2. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and
exportation of animals and animal
products (OITE-PT-DFI;
RS 916.443.106);
3. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU; RS 916.443.11);
4. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU-DFI; RS 916.443.111);
5. Federal Law of 20 June 2014 on
foodstuffs and consumer products
(Laws on foodstuffs, LDAl; RS 817.0),
and in particular Articles 30 (control
and sampling) and 31 (inspection of
animals before slaughter and inspection
of meat) thereof;
6. DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on
foodstuffs of animal origin (RS
817.022.108), in particular Article 5
(parts unfit for consumption) thereof;
7. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401), and in
particular Articles 3 (classification of
bovine spongiform encephalopathy and
scrapie as epizootic diseases to be
eradicated), 6 (definitions and
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European Union Switzerland
abbreviations), 34 (patent), 61
(obligation to report), 79 (surveillance
of Swiss livestock), 175 to 181
(transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies), 297 (internal
implementation), 301 (duties of the
canton veterinarian), 302 (official
veterinarian) and 312 (diagnostic
laboratories) thereof;
8. DEFR Ordinance of 26 October 2011 on
the production and putting into
circulation of animal feed, feed
additives and dietetic feed (OLALA; RS
916.307.1), and in particular Article 21
(tolerance, sampling, analysis methods
and transport), Annex 1.2, No 15
(terrestrial animal products), No 16
(fish, other marine animals, their
products and by-products), and Annex
4.1 (substances whose circulation and
use are restricted or prohibited);
9. Ordinance of 25 May 2011 on animal
by-products (OSPA; RS 916.441.22);
10. DFI Ordinance on the use of animal by-
products as animal feed or fertiliser
(OUSPA) of 26 November 2025.
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B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. The European Union reference laboratory for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
(TSEs) shall be published on the European Commission’s website.
Switzerland shall pay the costs for which it is liable for operations carried out by the
laboratory in that capacity. The functions and tasks of this laboratory shall be as laid down
in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
The national reference laboratory for Switzerland shall be published on the website of the
Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office.
2. Pursuant to Article 57 of the Law on epizootic diseases, Switzerland has established an
emergency plan for implementing measures to combat TSEs.
3. Under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, any animal suspected of being infected
by a TSE in the Member States of the European Union shall be placed under an official
movement restriction until the results of a clinical and epidemiological examination carried
out by the competent authority are known, or killed for the purposes of laboratory
examination under official control.
In accordance with Articles 179b and 180a of the Ordinance on epizootic diseases,
Switzerland has banned the slaughter of animals suspected of being infected by a TSE.
Suspect animals must be killed without spilling blood and incinerated, and their brains
must be analysed in the Swiss reference laboratory for TSEs.
Under Article 10 of the Ordinance on epizootic diseases, Switzerland has introduced a
uniform identification system for bovine animals enabling them to be traced back to the
dam and herd of origin and making it possible to establish that they are not the progeny of
BSE suspect females or BSE confirmed bovine animals.
Pursuant to Article 179c of the Ordinance on epizootic diseases, Switzerland slaughters
animals infected with BSE, at the latest by the end of the production phase, all animals of
the bovine species born between one year before and one year after the birth of the
contaminated animal and which, over this period of time, were part of the herd, and all the
direct descendants of the contaminated cows born in the two years which preceded the
diagnosis.
4. Pursuant to Article 180b of the Ordinance on epizootic diseases, Switzerland slaughters
animals infected with scrapie, their dams and the direct descendants of contaminated dams,
as well as all the other sheep and goats in the herd, with the exception of:
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– sheep carrying at least one ARR allele and no VRQ allele, and
– animals less than two months old which are intended solely for slaughter. The head
and organs of the abdominal cavity of these animals are disposed of in accordance
with the provisions of the Ordinance on animal by-products.
By way of exception, in the case of breeds which are low in number, the herd does not
have to be slaughtered. In this case, the herd is placed under official veterinary surveillance
for a duration of two years during which a clinical examination of the animals in the herd
is carried out twice a year. If during this period animals are presented for slaughter, their
heads, including tonsils, are subjected to an analysis by the Swiss reference laboratory for
TSEs.
These measures are reviewed according to the findings from animal health monitoring. In
particular, the monitoring period is extended if a new case of the disease is detected in the
herd.
In the event of a confirmed case of BSE in a sheep or goat, Switzerland undertakes to
apply the measures laid down in Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.
5. Under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, the Member States of the European
Union prohibit the feeding of processed animal proteins to farmed animals which are kept,
fattened or bred for the production of food. There is a total prohibition on feeding proteins
derived from animals to ruminants in the EU Member States.
Under Article 27 of the Ordinance on animal by-products (OSPA), Switzerland has
introduced a total prohibition on the feeding of animal protein to farmed animals.
Derogations are possible for processed proteins from fish, pigs, poultry and farmed insects,
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as well as the Ordinance on animal by-
products (OSPA) and the Ordinance on the use of animal by-products as feed or fertiliser
(OUSPA).
6. Under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 and in accordance with Chapter A of
Annex III to that Regulation, the Member States of the European Union are to introduce an
annual BSE monitoring programme. This plan includes a rapid BSE test for all cattle more
than 24 months old subject to emergency slaughter, animals which have died on the farm
or found to be ill during the ante mortem inspection and all animals more than 30 months
old slaughtered for human consumption.
The rapid BSE tests used by Switzerland are listed in Chapter C of Annex X to Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001.
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Pursuant to Article 179 of the Ordinance on epizootic diseases, Switzerland carries out an
obligatory rapid BSE test on all cattle older than 48 months that have died or been killed
for reasons other than slaughter, been taken diseased to the slaughterhouse or have suffered
an accident.
7. Under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 and in accordance with Chapter A of
Annex III to that Regulation, the EU Member States are to introduce an annual monitoring
programme for scrapie.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 177 of the Ordinance on epizootic diseases,
Switzerland has introduced a TSE monitoring programme for ovine and caprine animals
more than 12 months old. Animals which are subject to emergency slaughter, have died on
the farm or have been found to be ill during the ante mortem inspection and all animals
slaughtered for human consumption were examined over the period from June 2004 to July
2005. As all the samples tested negative for BSE, samples for monitoring purposes are
taken from clinical suspect animals, animals subject to emergency slaughter and animals
which died on the farm.
The recognition of similarities in legislation governing the monitoring of TSEs in ovine
and caprine animals will be reconsidered by the Joint Veterinary Committee.
8. The Joint Veterinary Committee is responsible for providing the information required in
Article 6 and Chapter B of Annex III and in Annex IV (3.III) to Regulation (EC) No
999/2001.
9. Inspections are carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee in
accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 and Article 57
of the Law on epizootic diseases.
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IV. Zoonotic diseases
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 17 November 2003 on the control of
salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (OJ L 325,
12.12.2003, p. 1).
2. Directive 2003/99/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17
November 2003 on the monitoring of
zoonoses and zoonotic agents,
amending Council Decision
90/424/EEC and repealing Council
Directive 92/117/EEC (OJ L 325,
12.12.2003, p. 31):
3. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules on
the agri-food chain concerning
zoonoses:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic
diseases (LFE; RS 916.40);
2. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401), and in
particular Articles 291a to 291e thereof
(special provisions on zoonoses);
3. Federal Law of 20 June 2014 on
foodstuffs and consumer products
(Laws on foodstuffs, LDAl; RS 817.0);
4. Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on
foodstuffs and consumer products
(ODAlOUs; RS 817.02);
5. DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on
hygiene in food-related activities
(Ordinance of DFI on Hygiene, OHyg;
RS 817.024.1);
6. Federal Law of 28 September 2012 on
protection against infectious diseases in
humans (Epidemics Law, LEp;
RS 818.101);
7. Ordinance of 29 April 2015 on
protection against infectious diseases in
humans (Ordinance on Epidemics, OEp;
RS 818.101.1);
8. DFI Ordinance of 23 November 2005
on hygiene during the slaughter of
livestock (OHyAb; RS 817.190.1);
9. Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on the
slaughter of livestock and the checking
of meat (OAbCV; RS 817.190)
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Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142).
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. The list of European Union reference laboratories provided for in Article 10 of Directive
2003/99/EC shall be published on the European Commission’s website in accordance with
Article 99 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Switzerland shall pay the costs for which it is liable for operations carried out by the
laboratories in the above capacity. The functions and tasks of these laboratories are those
laid down in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
The list of national reference laboratories for Switzerland shall be published on the website
of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office.
2. Switzerland shall transmit to the European Food Safety Authority every year by the end of
May a report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial
resistance, covering the data collected pursuant to Articles 4, 7 and 8 of Directive
2003/99/EC during the previous year. This report shall also include the information
referred to in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.
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V. Disease notification
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on this Regulation adopted by 31
December 2025;
2. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019
laying down rules for the functioning of
the information management system for
official controls and its system
components (the IMSOC Regulation)
(OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, pp. 37–96).
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic
diseases (LFE; RS 916.40), and in
particular Articles 11 (diligence
obligation and reporting obligation) and
57 (technical implementation
provisions, international collaboration)
thereof;
2. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401), and in
particular Articles 2 to 5 (targeted
diseases), 59 to 65 and 291 (reporting
obligation, notification), and 292 to 299
(surveillance, implementation,
administrative support) thereof.
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
Switzerland is integrated into the information management system for official controls and all its
components, as defined in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715. Switzerland
shall designate a contact point for this purpose.
The notification of listed diseases and the reports on these diseases, and the formats and procedures
for the submission and reporting of surveillance programmes and of eradication programmes and
for application for recognition of disease-free status shall be in accordance with the arrangements
provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/20028.
If necessary, additional measures shall be laid down in the Joint Veterinary Committee.’.
8 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2002 of 7 December 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulation
(EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to Union notification and Union reporting of listed diseases, to formats and procedures for submission and reporting of Union surveillance programmes and of eradication programmes and for application
for recognition of disease-free status, and to the computerised information system (OJ L 412, 8.12.2020, p. 1).
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ANNEX II
Appendix 2 to Annex 11 to the Agricultural Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘Appendix 2
ANIMAL HEALTH: Trade between Switzerland and the European Union and placing on the
market
I. Terrestrial Animals
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on this Regulation adopted by 31
December 2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules on
the agri-food chain concerning trade in
terrestrial animals between Switzerland
and the European Union:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed
to ensure the application of food and
feed law, rules on animal health and
welfare, plant health and plant
protection products, amending
Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC)
No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009,
(EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No
1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU)
2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the
European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401);
2. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
UE; RS 916.443.11);
3. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU-DFI; RS 916.443.111);
4. Federal Law of 29 April 1998 on
agriculture (LAgr; RS 910.1), and in
particular Article 160 (Mandatory
accreditation);
5. Federal Act of 15 December 2000 on
medicinal products and medical devices
(LPTh; RS 812.21);
6. Ordinance of 18 August 2004 on
veterinary medicinal products (OMédV;
RS 812.212.27);
7. Technical guidelines on the
prophylactic and metaphylactic use of
medicinal products containing
antimicrobial agents in productive
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1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official
Controls Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142);
3. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2021/403 of 18 March 2021
laying down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates and model
animal health/official certificates, for
the entry into the Union and movements
between Member States of
consignments of certain categories of
terrestrial animals and germinal
products thereof, official certification
regarding such certificates and
repealing Decision 2010/470/EU (OJ L
113, 31.3.2021, pp. 1–935):
4. Article 107 (with the exception of
paragraph 6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6
of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 11 December 2018 on
veterinary products and repealing
Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4 of
7.1.2019, p. 43), in conjunction with
Article 37(5) thereof.
animals, as published on 31 May 2026.
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. Inspections shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee
in accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and Article 57 of
the Law on epizootic diseases.
2. Animals traded between the Member States of the European Union and Switzerland shall
move under the same conditions as animals traded between the Member States of the
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European Union. Where necessary, these products are accompanied by the health
certificates required for trade between the Member States of the European Union or
defined in this Annex and available in the TRACES system.
3. For the purposes of this Annex, Switzerland is recognised as fulfilling the conditions
provided for in Chapter 4 of Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/6899 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/62010 as regards the diseases
listed in the sites of the Commission ‘Surveillance, eradication programmes and disease-
free status – Food Safety’ and of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, National
Surveillance Programme.
For diseases for which Switzerland does not yet have approval of disease-free status,
Switzerland shall present to the Joint Veterinary Committee the information necessary
according to the approval criteria set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/429. On the basis of this
information, the Joint Veterinary Committee agrees to update the information available on
the websites mentioned above.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office shall immediately notify the Commission
of any change in the conditions on which recognition of that status is based for one of the
diseases listed in this paragraph. The situation shall be examined within the Joint
Veterinary Committee.
4. For the purposes of this Annex, Switzerland is recognised as fulfilling the conditions laid
down in point 1, Section 2, Chapter 3, Part I of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/689 as regards bovine tuberculosis. In order to maintain its status as having an
officially brucellosis-free bovine herd, Switzerland undertakes to meet the following
conditions:
a) any animal of the bovine species suspected of being infected with brucellosis shall
be reported to the competent authorities and the animal concerned shall undergo the
official tests for brucellosis, comprising at least two serological tests with
complement fixation and a microbiological examination of suitable samples taken in
cases of abortion;
9 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and
emerging diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 211) 10 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 of 15 April 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429
of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of the disease-free and non-vaccination status of certain Member States or zones or compartments thereof as regards certain listed diseases and the approval of eradication programmes for those listed
diseases (OJ L 131, 16.4.2021, pp. 78–119)
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b) until such time as suspicion of the disease is lifted, i.e. when the tests provided for in
point (a) have produced negative results, the officially brucellosis-free status of the
herd to which the animal (or animals) of the bovine species suspected of infection
belongs shall be suspended.
5. Switzerland shall apply the same provisions as those of Article 107 (with the exception of
paragraph 6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, in conjunction with Article 37(5) thereof on the
use of antimicrobial medicinal products in animals intended for production, in accordance
with its legislation listed in Section A above.
Switzerland does not authorise either the placing on the market of medicinal products
intended for production animals containing one of the antimicrobials or groups of
antimicrobials listed in point 2) or 3) of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU)
2022/125511 or the use in production animals of medicinal products for human use
containing these antimicrobials or groups of antimicrobials.
Discussions will take place in the Joint Veterinary Committee on amendments to the
above-mentioned European Union legislation requiring adaptation of the Swiss provisions.
Therefore, Switzerland shall not be considered as a third country for the purposes of
Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 until 1 July 2028.
It shall immediately inform the Joint Veterinary Committee of any further changes to its
legislation on antimicrobial medicinal products intended for production animals.
This paragraph shall be reviewed by the Joint Veterinary Committee before 1 July 2028.
6. For consignments of hatching eggs to the European Union, the Swiss authorities undertake
to comply with the rules on marking laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No
617/200812.
7. In the case of consignments from Switzerland to Finland, Sweden or Denmark, the Swiss
authorities undertake to supply the guarantees concerning salmonella required under EU
legislation.
11 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 of 19 July 2022 designating antimicrobials or groups of antimicrobials reserved for
the treatment of certain infections in humans, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 191 of 20.7.2022, p. 58) 12 Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 of 27 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks (OJ L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 5).
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II. Aquaculture animals and products
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on this Regulation adopted by 31
December 2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with agri-food
chain rules concerning trade in
aquaculture animals and products
between Switzerland and the European
Union:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
1. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401);
2. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU; RS 916.443.11);
3. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU-DFI; RS 916.443.111);
4. Federal Law of 29 April 1998 on
agriculture (LAgr; RS 910.1), and in
particular Article 160 (Mandatory
accreditation);
5. Federal Act of 15 December 2000 on
medicinal products and medical devices
(LPTh; RS 812.21);
6. Ordinance of 18 August 2004 on
veterinary medicinal products (OMédV;
RS 812.212.27);
7. Technical guidelines on the prophylactic
and metaphylactic use of medicinal
products containing antimicrobial
agents in productive animals, as
published on 31 May 2026.
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Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142):
3. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/2236 of 16 December 2020
laying down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates for the entry
into the Union and the movements
within the Union of consignments of
aquatic animals and of certain products
of animal origin from aquatic animals,
official certification regarding such
certificates and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 1251/2008 (OJ L 442,
30.12.2020, p. 410).
4. Article 107 (with the exception of
paragraph 6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6
of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 11 December 2018 on
veterinary products and repealing
Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4 of
7.1.2019, p. 43), in conjunction with
Article 37(5) thereof.
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B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. Inspections shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee
in accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and Article 57 of
the Law on epizootic diseases.
2. Animals traded between the Member States of the European Union and Switzerland shall
move under the same conditions as animals traded between the Member States of the
European Union. Where necessary, these products shall be accompanied by the health
certificates required for trade between the Member States of the European Union and
available in the TRACES system.
3. For the purposes of this Annex, Switzerland is recognised as fulfilling the conditions
provided for in Chapter 4 of Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/68913 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/62014 as regards the diseases
listed in the sites of the Commission ‘Surveillance, eradication programmes and disease-
free status – Food Safety’ and of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, National
Surveillance Programme.
For diseases for which Switzerland does not yet have approval of disease-free status,
Switzerland shall present to the Joint Veterinary Committee the information necessary
according to the approval criteria set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/429. On the basis of this
information, the Joint Veterinary Committee agrees to update the information available on
the websites mentioned above.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office shall immediately notify the Commission
of any change in the conditions on which recognition of that status is based for one of the
diseases listed in this paragraph. The situation shall be examined within the Joint
Veterinary Committee.
4. Switzerland shall apply the same provisions as those of Article 107 (with the exception of
paragraph 6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, in conjunction with Article 37(5) thereof on the
use of antimicrobial medicinal products in animals intended for production, in accordance
with its legislation listed in Section A above.
13 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and
emerging diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 211) 14 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 of 15 April 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429
of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of the disease-free and non-vaccination status of certain Member States or zones or compartments thereof as regards certain listed diseases and the approval of eradication programmes for those listed
diseases (OJ L 131, 16.4.2021, pp. 78–119)
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Switzerland does not authorise either the placing on the market of medicinal products
intended for production animals containing one of the antimicrobials or groups of
antimicrobials listed in point 2) or 3) of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU)
2022/125515 or the use in production animals of medicinal products for human use
containing these antimicrobials or groups of antimicrobials.
Discussions will take place in the Joint Veterinary Committee on amendments to the
above-mentioned European Union legislation requiring adaptation of the Swiss provisions.
Therefore, Switzerland shall not be considered as a third country for the purposes of
Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 until 1 July 2028.
It shall immediately inform the Joint Veterinary Committee of any further changes to its
legislation on antimicrobial medicinal products intended for production animals.
This paragraph shall be reviewed by the Joint Veterinary Committee before 1 July 2028.
15 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1255 of 19 July 2022 designating antimicrobials or groups of antimicrobials reserved for
the treatment of certain infections in humans, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 191 of 20.7.2022, p. 58)
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III. Germinal products
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on this Regulation by 31 December
2025.
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with agri-food
chain rules on trade in germinal
products between Switzerland and the
European Union:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
1. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401), and in
particular Articles 51 to 55a (artificial
insemination) and 56 to 58a (transfer of
ovum and embryo) thereof;
2. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU; RS 916.443.11);
3. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU-DFI; RS 916,443,111).
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142);
3. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2021/403 of 18 March 2021 laying
down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates and model
animal health/official certificates, for
the entry into the Union and movements
between Member States of
consignments of certain categories of
terrestrial animals and germinal
products thereof, official certification
regarding such certificates and repealing
Decision 2010/470/EU (OJ L 113,
31.3.2021, p. 1–935).
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. Inspections shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee
in accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 and Article
57 of the Law on epizootic diseases.
2. For the purposes of this Annex, Switzerland is recognised as fulfilling the conditions
provided for in Chapter 4 of Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/68916 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/62017 as regards the diseases
listed in the sites of the Commission ‘Surveillance, eradication programmes and disease-
free status – Food Safety’ and of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, National
Surveillance Programme.
For diseases for which Switzerland does not yet have approval of disease-free status,
Switzerland shall present to the Joint Veterinary Committee the information necessary
according to the approval criteria set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/429. On the basis of this
information, the Joint Veterinary Committee agrees to update the information available on
the websites mentioned above.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office shall immediately notify the Commission
16 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for surveillance, eradication programmes, and disease-free status for certain listed and
emerging diseases (OJ L 174, 3.6.2020, p. 211) 17 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/620 of 15 April 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429
of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of the disease-free and non-vaccination status of certain Member States or zones or compartments thereof as regards certain listed diseases and the approval of eradication programmes for those listed
diseases (OJ L 131, 16.4.2021, pp. 78–119)
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of any change in the conditions on which recognition of that status is based for one of the
diseases listed in this paragraph. The situation shall be examined within the Joint
Veterinary Committee.
3. As regards bovine semen, it is noted that in Switzerland all centres include only animals
with a negative serum neutralisation test or ELISA test for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
or infectious pustular vulvo-vaginitis.
4. For sectors where recognition of equivalence is mutual, germinal products traded between
the Member States of the European Union and Switzerland shall move under the same
conditions as germinal products traded between the Member States of the European Union.
Where necessary, these products shall be accompanied by the health certificates required
for trade between the Member States of the European Union and available in the TRACES
system.
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IV. Non-commercial movements of pet animals
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial
movement of pet animals and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003
(OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1).
2. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on Part VI of this Regulation.
3. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules
applicable to the non-commercial
movement of pet animals between
Switzerland and the European Union:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
1. Ordinance of 28 November 2014 on the
importation, transit and exportation of
pet animals (OITE AC; RS 916.443.14);
2. Article 76b of the Ordinance of 23 April
2008 on the protection of animals
(OPAn; RS 455.1).
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Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142).
B. IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENTS
1. The identification system shall be the one provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.
2. The validity of the anti-rabies vaccination, and if relevant the re-vaccination, is defined in
Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.
3. The model passport to be used is that provided for in Part 3 of Annex III to Regulation
(EU) No 577/201318. The additional requirements relating to this passport are laid down in
Part 4 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 577/2013.
4. For the purposes of this Appendix, the provisions of Chapter II of Regulation (EU)
No 576/2013 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the non-commercial movement of pet
animals between the Member States of the European Union and Switzerland. Documentary
and identity checks that have to be carried out for non-commercial movements of pet
animals to Switzerland from a Member State of the European Union shall be carried out in
line with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013.’.
18 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 of 28 June 2013 on the model identification documents for the non-commercial
movement of dogs, cats and ferrets, the establishment of lists of territories and third countries and the format, layout and language requirements of the declarations attesting compliance with certain conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 109)
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ANNEX III
Appendix 3 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘Appendix 3
Importation of live animals and their germinal products from third countries
I. EUROPEAN UNION — LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March
2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the
area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based on this Regulation by 31 December 2025.
2. Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12
June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of pet animals and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 (OJ L 178, 28.6.2013, p. 1).
3. Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use
in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of
β-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (OJ
L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3).
4. For provisions on official controls performed by the competent authorities to verify
compliance with the rules referred to in this Section:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure
the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health
and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No
396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012,
(EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009
and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and
2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004
of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC,
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89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and
Council Decision 92/438/EEC (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).
5. Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing
Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43).
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II. SWITZERLAND — LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
2. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
3. Ordinance of 18 November 2015 governing trade with third countries involving the
importation, transit and exportation of animals and animal products countries (OITE-PT;
RS 916.443.10).
4. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015 governing trade with third countries involving the
importation, transit and exportation of animals and animal products (OITE-PT-DFI; RS
916.443.106).
5. Ordinance of 28 November 2014 on the importation, transit and exportation of pet animals
(OITE-AC; RS 916.443.14).
6. Ordinance of 18 August 2004 on veterinary medicinal products (OMédV; RS 812.212.27).
7. Ordinance of 30 October 1985 on the fees levied by the Federal Food Safety and
Veterinary Office (Ordinance on the Fees of OSAV; RS 916.472).
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III. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office shall apply, simultaneously with the
Member States of the European Union, the import conditions set out in the acts mentioned
in part I of this Appendix, the implementing measures and the lists of establishments from
which the corresponding imports are authorised. This undertaking shall apply to all the
relevant acts, irrespective of their date of adoption.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office may adopt more restrictive measures and
require additional guarantees. Consultations shall be held within the Joint Veterinary
Committee to find suitable solutions.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office and the Member States of the European
Union shall notify each other of the specific import conditions established bilaterally,
which have not been harmonised at Union level.
2. Switzerland shall not be considered as a third country for the purposes of Article 118 of
Regulation (EU) 2019/6 until 1 July 2028.
This paragraph shall be reviewed by the Joint Veterinary Committee before 1 July 2028.’.
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ANNEX IV
Appendix 5 to Annex 11 to the Agriculture Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘Appendix 5
Live animals and germinal products:
Border checks and payment of fees
CHAPTER I
General provisions – Information management system for official controls
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules
referred to in this Chapter:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic
diseases (LFE; RS 916.40);
2. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401);
3. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with third
countries (OITE-PT; RS 916.443.10);
4. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and
exportation of animals and animal
products (OITE-PT-DFI;
RS 916.443.106);
5. Ordinance of 28 November 2014 on the
importation, transit and exportation of
pet animals (OITE-AC; RS 916.443.14).
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European Union Switzerland
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142);
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019
laying down rules for the functioning of
the information management system for
official controls and its system
components (the IMSOC Regulation)
(OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, pp. 37–9).
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. Switzerland is integrated into the information management system for official controls and
all its components, as defined in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.
Switzerland shall designate a contact point for this purpose.
If necessary, transitional measures shall be laid down in the Joint Veterinary Committee.
2. The Parties shall provide each other with mutual administrative assistance in accordance
with Articles 104 to 107 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 to ensure the proper application of
this Appendix. The Joint Veterinary Committee shall be responsible for the application of
Article 108 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
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CHAPTER II
Veterinary and zootechnical controls applicable to trade between the Member States of the
European Union and Switzerland
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
Veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in trade between the Member States of the European
Union and Switzerland shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the following acts:
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on this Regulation adopted by 31
December 2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules laid
down in this Chapter:
Official Control Regulation (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on
official controls and other official
activities performed to ensure the
application of food and feed law, rules
on animal health and welfare, plant
health and plant protection products
(‘OCR’) - OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1-
142);
3. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/2235 of 16 December 2020
laying down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates, model official
certificates and model animal
health/official certificates, for the entry
into the Union and movements within
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic
diseases (LFE; RS 916.40), and in
particular Article 57 thereof;
2. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU; RS 916.443.11);
3. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU-DFI; RS 916.443.111);
4. Ordinance of 28 November 2014 on the
importation, transit and exportation of
pet animals (OITE-AC; RS
916.443.14);
5. Ordinance of 30 October 1985 on the
fees levied by the Federal Food Safety
and Veterinary Office (Ordinance on the
Fees of OSAV; RS 916.472).
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the Union of consignments of certain
categories of animals and goods, official
certification regarding such certificates
and repealing Regulation (EC) No
599/2004, Implementing Regulations
(EU) No 636/2014 and (EU) 2019/628,
Directive 98/68/EC and Decisions
2000/572/EC, 2003/779/EC and
2007/240/EC;
4. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/2236 of 16 December 2020
laying down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates for the entry
into the Union and the movements
within the Union of consignments of
aquatic animals and of certain products
of animal origin from aquatic animals,
official certification regarding such
certificates and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 1251/2008 (OJ L 442,
30.12.2020, p. 410);
5. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2021/403 of 18 March 2021 laying
down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates and model
animal health/official certificates, for
the entry into the Union and movements
between Member States of
consignments of certain categories of
terrestrial animals and germinal
products thereof, official certification
regarding such certificates and repealing
Decision 2010/470/EU (OJ L 113,
31.3.2021, pp. 1–935):
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B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
For trade in live animals and germinal products, and the grazing of animals in border areas between
the European Union and Switzerland, the health certificates shall be those provided for in this
Appendix.
In the cases provided for in Articles 102 and 104 to 107 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the
competent authorities of the place of destination shall contact the competent authorities of the place
of dispatch without delay. They shall take all necessary measures and notify the competent
authority of the place of dispatch and the Commission of the nature of the checks carried out, the
decisions taken and the reasons for such decisions.
C. SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTING RULES
APPLICABLE TO ANIMALS SENT FOR GRAZING IN BORDER AREAS
1. Definitions
Border grazing: dispatching animals to a Member State of the European Union or to
Switzerland with a view to grazing in a 10 km strip on either side of the border. In special,
duly substantiated conditions, a wider strip on either side of the border between
Switzerland and the Union may be authorised by the competent authorities concerned.
Daily grazing: grazing where the animals are returned to their holding of origin in a
Member State of the European Union or in Switzerland at the end of each day.
2. The conditions for the cross-border movement of animals laid down in Regulation (EU)
2016/429, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 and Delegated Regulation (EU)
2019/2035 shall apply to border grazing between the Member States of the European
Union and Switzerland. The provisions of Article 139 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 shall
apply mutatis mutandis.
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3. Pursuant to the Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401), and
in particular Article 7 thereof (registration) and the Ordinance of 3 November 2021 on
Identitas SA and the database on animal trafficking (OId-BDTA; RS 916.404.1), and in
particular Section 2 (contents of the databank) thereof, Switzerland shall assign to each
pasture a specific registration code which shall be registered in the national bovine
database.
4. In the case of grazing between the Member States of the Community and Switzerland, the
official veterinarian of the country of dispatch shall:
a) on the date of issue of the certificate and no later than 24 hours before the planned
date of arrival of the animals, by means of the computerised system linking
veterinary authorities provided by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715, inform
the competent authority of the place of destination (local veterinary unit) to which
the animals have been dispatched;
b) issue a certificate in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403.
5. Throughout the duration of the grazing period, the animals shall remain under customs
control.
6. The holder of the animals must:
a) agree, in a written statement, to comply with all measures taken pursuant to this
Annex and any other measures introduced at local level, in the same way as any
holder originating in a Member State of the Community or Switzerland;
b) pay the costs of the checks required pursuant to this Annex;
c) cooperate fully with arrangements for customs or veterinary checks required by the
authorities of the country of dispatch or of destination.
7. When the animals return at the end of the season or before, the official veterinarian of the
country where the grazing ground is located shall:
a) on the date of issue of the certificate and no later than 24 hours before the planned
date of arrival of the animals, by means of the computerised system linking
veterinary authorities provided by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715, inform
the competent authority of the place of destination (local veterinary unit) to which
the animals have been dispatched;
b) issue a certificate in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/403.
EN 41 EN
8. In the event of outbreaks of disease, the competent veterinary authorities shall take
appropriate measures by mutual agreement. Those authorities shall consider how to cover
any costs involved. If necessary, the matter shall be referred to the Joint Veterinary
Committee.
9. As an exception to the rules on grazing in points 1 to 8, in the case of daily grazing
between the Member States of the Community and Switzerland:
a) the animals shall not enter into contact with animals from another holding;
b) the holders of such animals shall undertake to inform the competent veterinary
authority of any contact between their animals and animals from another holding;
c) the health certificate must be presented to the competent veterinary authorities every
calendar year when the animals first enter a Member State of the European Union or
Switzerland. This health certificate must be presented to the competent veterinary
authorities at the request of the latter;
d) points 2 and 4 above shall apply only to the first time in each calendar year that the
animals are dispatched to a Member State of the European Union or to Switzerland;
e) point 7 shall not apply;
f) the holders of animals shall undertake to inform the competent veterinary authority
of the end of the grazing period.
EN 42 EN
CHAPTER III
Veterinary checks applicable to imports from third countries
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
Checks on imports from third countries shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the
following acts:
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal
diseases and amending and repealing
certain acts in the area of animal health
(‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84,
31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the delegated
and implementing acts based on this
Regulation adopted by 31 December
2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities to
verify compliance with the rules laid
down in this Chapter:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls and
other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection products,
amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001,
(EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009,
(EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012,
(EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and
(EU) 2016/2031 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No
1099/2009 and Council Directives
98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC,
2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and
repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004
and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
1. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with third
countries (OITE-PT; RS 916.443.10);
2. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and
exportation of animals and animal
products (OITE-PT-DFI;
RS 916.443.106);
3. Ordinance of 28 November 2014 on the
importation, transit and exportation of
pet animals (OITE-AC; RS
916.443.14);
4. Ordinance of 30 October 1985 on the
fees levied by the Federal Food Safety
and Veterinary Office (Ordinance on the
Fees of OSAV; RS 916.472);
5. Ordinance of 18 August 2004 on
veterinary medicinal products (OMédV;
RS 812.212.27).
EN 43 EN
European Union Switzerland
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142):
3. Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April
1996 concerning the prohibition on the
use in stock farming of certain substances
having a hormonal or thyrostatic action
and of β-agonists, and repealing
Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and
88/299/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3).
4. Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council of 11 December 2018 on
veterinary medicinal products and
repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4,
7.1.2019, p. 43).
EN 44 EN
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. For the purposes of applying Articles 59 and 60 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the lists of
border control posts of the Member States of the European Union for veterinary checks on
live animals shall be published on the website of the European Commission.
2. For the purposes of implementing Articles 59 and 60 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the
border inspection posts for Switzerland shall be:
Organisation TRACES Code Type of licence
Zürich Airport CHZRH4 LA-O*
Geneva Airport CHGVA4 LA-O*
* By reference to the approval categories defined by Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/1014 of 12 June 2019 to lay down detailed rules on minimum requirements for border
control posts, including inspection centres, and for the format, categories and abbreviations to use
for listing border control posts and control points (OJ L 165, 21.6.2019, pp. 10–22).
The Joint Veterinary Committee shall be responsible for any subsequent amendments to
the list of border inspection posts, their inspection centres and their type of approval.
3. Inspections shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee
in accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 and Article
57 of the Law on epizootic diseases.
EN 45 EN
4. The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office shall apply, simultaneously with the
Member States of the European Union, the import conditions referred to in Appendix 3 to
this Annex, and the implementing measures.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office may adopt more restrictive measures and
require additional guarantees. Consultations shall be held within the Joint Veterinary
Committee to find suitable solutions.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office and the Member States of the European
Union shall notify each other of the specific import conditions established bilaterally,
which have not been harmonised at Union level.
5. The border inspection posts of the Member States of the European Union referred to in
point 1 of this Section shall check imports from third countries destined for Switzerland in
accordance with Section A of this Chapter.
6. The Swiss border inspection posts mentioned in point 2 shall check imports from third
countries destined for the Member States of the European Union in accordance with
Section A of this Chapter.
7. Switzerland shall not be considered as a third country for the purposes of Article 118 of
Regulation (EU) 2019/6 until 1 July 2028.
This paragraph shall be reviewed by the Joint Veterinary Committee before 1 July 2028.’.
EN 46 EN
CHAPTER IV
Specific provisions
1. IDENTIFICATION OF LIVESTOCK
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
Checks on imports from third countries shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the
following acts:
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible
animal diseases and amending and
repealing certain acts in the area of
animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)
(OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the
delegated and implementing acts based
on this Regulation adopted by 31
December 2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules
referred to in this Section:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
1. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic
diseases (OFE; RS 916.401), and in
particular Articles 7 to 15f (registration
and identification) thereof;
2. Ordinance of 3 November 2021 on
Identitas SA and the database on animal
trafficking (OId-BDTA; RS 916.404.1).
EN 47 EN
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142).
EN 48 EN
2. ANIMAL WELFARE
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before
31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of
22 December 2004 on the protection of
animals during transport and related
operations and amending Directives
64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and
Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (OJ L 3,
5.1.2005, p. 1).
2. Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 of
25 June 1997 concerning Community
criteria for control posts and amending
the route plan referred to in the Annex
to Directive 91/628/EEC (OJ L 174,
2.7.1997, p. 1).
3. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules
referred to in this Section:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed
to ensure the application of food and
feed law, rules on animal health and
welfare, plant health and plant
protection products, amending
Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC)
No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009,
(EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No
1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU)
2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the
European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC,
90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council
1. Federal Law of 16 December 2005 on
animal protection (LPA; RS 455), and
in particular Articles 15 and 15a
(principles, international transport of
animals);
2. Ordinance of 23 April 2008 on animal
protection (OPAn; RS 455.1), and in
particular Articles 169 to 176
(international transport of animals).
EN 49 EN
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official
Controls Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142).
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
a) The Swiss authorities undertake to comply with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1/2005 for trade between Switzerland and the European Union and for imports from third
countries.
b) Inspections shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary Committee
in accordance, in particular, with Article 116 of Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 and Article
208 of the Ordinance of 23 April 2008 on animal protection (OPAn; RS 455.1).
c) Pursuant to the provisions of Article 15a, subparagraph 3 of the Federal Law of 16
December 2005 on animal protection (LPA; RS 455), transit via Switzerland of bovine
animals, sheep, goats and pigs, horses for slaughter and poultry for slaughter is authorised
only by rail or aeroplane. This matter shall be examined by the Joint Veterinary
Committee.
EN 50 EN
3. FEES
1. No fees shall be charged for veterinary checks carried out in trade between the Member
States of the European Union and Switzerland.
2. The veterinary authorities undertake the charge the fees provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council for veterinary checks of
imports from third countries.’.
EN 51 EN
ANNEX V
Appendix 6 to Annex 11 to the Agricultural Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘Appendix 6
Animal products
CHAPTER I
Sectors where recognition of equivalence is mutual
“Animal products for human consumption”
The definitions of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
EN 52 EN
Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before 31 December 2025.
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports from Switzerland to the European Union
Commercial terms Equivalence
European Union Switzerland
Animal health
1. Fresh meat including minced meat, meat preparations, meat products, unprocessed fats and rendered fats
Domestic ungulates
Domestic soliped
Regulation (EU) 2016/429
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes1
2. Farmed game meat, meat preparations and meat products
Farmed land mammals other than
those cited above
Regulation (EU) 2016/429
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
EN 53 EN
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports from Switzerland to the European Union
Commercial terms Equivalence
European Union Switzerland
Farmed ratites
Lagomorphs
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 Yes
3. Wild game meat, meat preparations and meat products
Wild ungulates
Lagomorphs
other land mammals
Feathered wild game
Regulation (EU) 2016/429
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
4. Fresh poultry meat, meat preparations, meat products, fats and rendered fats
Poultry Regulation (EU) 2016/429 Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
5. Stomachs, bladders and intestines
Bovine animals
Ovine and caprine animals
Porcine
Regulation (EU) 2016/429
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes1
6. Bones and bone products
Domestic ungulates
Domestic soliped
Other farmed or wild land
mammals
Poultry, ratites and feathered wild
game
Regulation (EU) 2016/429
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes1
EN 54 EN
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports from Switzerland to the European Union
Commercial terms Equivalence
European Union Switzerland
7. Processed animal proteins, blood and blood products
Domestic ungulates
Domestic soliped
Other farmed or wild land
mammals
Poultry, ratites and game wild feathered
Regulation (EU) 2016/429
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes1
8. Gelatine and collagen
Regulation (EU) 2016/429
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes1
9. Milk and dairy products
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
10. Eggs and eggs products
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
11. Fishery products, bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
12. Honey
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
13. Snails and frogs’ legs
Regulation (EU) 2016/429 Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases (LFE; RS 916.40)
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401)
Yes
EN 55 EN
1 The recognition of similarities in legislation governing the monitoring of TSEs in ovine and caprine animals may be reconsidered by the Joint
Veterinary Committee.
EN 56 EN
Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before 31 December 2025.
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports from Switzerland to the European Union
Commercial terms Equivalence
European Union Switzerland
Public health
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147,
31.5.2001, p. 1).
Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ L 139,
30.4.2004, p. 1).
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of
animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55).
For provisions on official controls performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with agri-food chain rules on animal products:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed
to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and
welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations
(EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No
1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and
(EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council
Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council
Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and
2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No
882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council
Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC,
96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official
Controls Regulation) (Official Controls Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p
1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on
Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on epizootic diseases (OFE; RS 916.401).
Ordinance of 23 November 2005 on primary production (OPPr;
RS 916.020).
DEFR Ordinance of 23 November 2005 on hygiene in primary production
(OHyPPr; RS 916.020.1).
Ordinance of the DFI of 23 November 2005 on hygiene during the
slaughter of livestock (OHyAb; RS 817.190.1).
DFI Order of 23 November 2005 on hygiene in dairy production (OHyPL; RS 916.351.021.1).
Ordinance of 23 April 2008 on animal protection (OPAn; RS 455.1).
Ordinance of 20 October 2010 on the control of milk (OCL; RS 916.351.0).
Ordinance of 16 November 2011 concerning the basic training, training
leading to qualifications and ongoing training of persons working in the
Public Veterinary Service (RS 916.402).
Federal Act of 20 June 2014 on foodstuffs and consumer products (Law on
foodstuffs, LDAl; RS 817.0).
Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on the slaughter of livestock and the
checking of meat (OabCV; RS 817.190).
Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on foodstuffs and consumer products
(ODAlOUs; RS 817.02).
DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on hygiene in food-related activities
(DFI Ordinance on Hygiene, OHyG; RS 817.024.1).
DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on foodstuffs of animal origin
(ODAlAn; RS 817.022.108).
Ordinance of 27 May 2020 on the implementation of foodstuffs legislation
(OELDAl; RS 817.042).
Yes, subject
to special
conditions
EN 57 EN
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports from Switzerland to the European Union
Commercial terms Equivalence
European Union Switzerland
microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 1).
EN 58 EN
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports from Switzerland to the European Union
Commercial terms Equivalence
European Union Switzerland
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying
down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC)
No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the
organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004
of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation
(EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and
amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) 854/2004 (OJ L 338,
22.12.2005, p. 27).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 of 10 August 2015
laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat (OJ L
212, 11.8.2015, p. 7).
Protection of animals
Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the
protection of animals at the time of killing (OJ L 303, 18.11.2009, p. 1).
Federal Law of 16 December 2005 on animal protection (LPA; RS 455).
Ordinance of 23 April 2008 on animal protection (OPAn; RS 455.1).
OSAV Ordinance of 8 November 2021 on the protection of animals at the
time of slaughter (OPAnAb; RS 455.110.2).
Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on the slaughter of livestock and the
checking of meat (OabCV; RS 817.190).
Yes, subject
to special
conditions
___________________
EN 59 EN
Implementing rules and special conditions
1) Switzerland is integrated into the information management system for official controls and
all its components, as defined in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.
Switzerland shall designate a contact point for this purpose.
2) Animal products intended for human consumption which are traded between the Member
States of the European Union and Switzerland shall be moved only under the same
conditions as animal products intended for human consumption which are traded between
the Member States of the European Union, also as regards animal protection at the time of
slaughter. Where necessary, these products are accompanied by the health certificates
required for trade between the Member States of the European Union or defined in this
Annex and available in the TRACES system.
3) Switzerland will draw up a list of its establishments approved in accordance with
Article 45 (registration/approval of establishments) of Implementing Regulation (EU)
2019/1715.
4) For its imports, Switzerland shall apply the same provisions as those applicable at Union
level.
5) The Swiss authorities undertake that carcasses and the meat of domestic swine placed on
the market in the European Union will always have been subject to examination for
Trichinella.
6) The detection methods described in Chapters I and II of Annex I to Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 are used in Switzerland for the Trichinella
examinations.
EN 60 EN
7) Pursuant to Article 8 (paragraphs 1(a) and 3 of the DFI Ordinance of 23 November 2005
on hygiene during the slaughter of animals (OHyAb; RS 817.190.1) and Article 10
(paragraph 8) of the DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on foodstuffs of animal origin
(ODAlAn; RS 817.022.108), carcasses and meat of domestic swine kept for fattening and
slaughter as well as meat preparations, meat products and derived processed products
thereof which are not intended for the market in the European Union shall be marked with
a special health stamp in accordance with the model specified in the last subparagraph of
Annex 9 to the DFI Ordinance of 23 November 2005 on hygiene during the slaughter of
livestock (OHyAb; RS 817.190.1).
These products may not be traded with the Member States of the European Union, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of the DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016.
8) Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on
hygiene in food-related activities (DFI Ordinance on Hygiene, OHyG; RS 817.024.1), the
competent authorities of Switzerland may in particular cases allow exceptions to Articles
8, 10 and 14 of this Ordinance:
a) to meet the needs of establishments located in mountainous regions, pursuant to the
Federal Law of 6 October 2006 on regional policy (RS 901.0) and the Ordinance of
28 November 2007 on regional policy (OPR; RS 901.021)
The competent authorities of Switzerland undertake to notify the Commission by
written procedure of such adjustments. The notification shall:
– provide a detailed description of the provisions for which the competent
authorities of Switzerland consider that an adjustment is necessary, and
indicates the nature of the adjustment in question;
– describe the foodstuffs and establishments concerned,
– explain the grounds for the adjustment (including, where appropriate, the
provision of a summary of the risk analysis carried out and indicating any
measure needed to ensure that the adjustment does not compromise the
objectives of the DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on hygiene in food-
related activities (DFI Ordinance on Hygiene, OHyg; RS 817.024.1);
– give any other relevant information.
The Commission and the Member States of the European Union shall have three
months from the receipt of the notification to submit their written observations. If
necessary, the Joint Veterinary Committee will be convened;
b) for the production of foods with traditional characteristics.
EN 61 EN
The competent authorities of Switzerland undertake to notify the Commission by
written procedure of such adjustments at the latest 12 months after the individual or
general derogations have been granted. Each notification shall:
– provide a short description of the requirements that have been adapted,
– describe the foodstuffs and establishments concerned; and
– give any other relevant information.
9) The Commission shall inform Switzerland of the derogations and adjustments applied in
the Member States of the European Union under Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
852/2004, Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
2074/2005.
10) The European Union reference laboratories for residues of veterinary medicinal products
and contaminants in food of animal origin shall be published on the website of the
European Commission in accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
Switzerland shall pay the costs for which it is liable for operations carried out by the
laboratories in the above capacity. The functions and tasks of these laboratories are those
laid down in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
The list of national reference laboratories for Switzerland shall be published on the website
of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office.
11) Pending recognition of the alignment of European Union legislation and the Swiss
legislation, for exports to the European Union, Switzerland shall monitor compliance with
the acts listed below and their implementing texts:
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down Community
procedures for contaminants in food (OJ L 37, 13.2.1993, p. 1);
2. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 of 1 October 2012
adopting the list of flavouring substances provided for by Regulation (EC) No
2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council, introducing it in Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and
repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 and Commission Decision
1999/217/EC (OJ L 267, 2.10.2012, p. 1);
3. Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use
in stock farming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of
β-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (OJ
L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3);
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4. Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February
1999 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and
food ingredients treated with ionising radiation (OJ L 66, 13.3.1999, p. 16);
5. Directive 1999/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February
1999 on the establishment of a Community list of foods and food ingredients treated
with ionising radiation (OJ L 66, 13.3.1999, p. 24);
6. Commission Decision 2002/840/EC of 23 October 2002 adopting the list of approved
facilities in third countries for the irradiation of foods (OJ L 287, 25.10.2002, p. 40);
7. Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods (OJ
L 309, 26.11.2003, p. 1);
8. Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 of 25 April 2023 on maximum levels for
certain contaminants in food and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006
(OJ L 119, 5.5.2023, pp. 103–157);
9. Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
December 2008 on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC,
Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, Council Directive
2001/112/EC and Regulation (EC) No 258/97 (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 7);
10. Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
16 December 2008 on food additives (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16);
11. Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring
properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No
1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive
2000/13/EC (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 34);
12. Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down
specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No
1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1);
13. Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents
used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (OJ L 141, 6.6.2009, p. 3);
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14. Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue
limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin,
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending Directive
2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC)
No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 152, 16.6.2009,
p. 11).
12) Switzerland shall apply the same provisions as those of Article 107 (with the exception of
paragraph 6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, in conjunction with Article 37(5) thereof on the
use of antimicrobial medicinal products in animals intended for production, in accordance
with its legislation listed in Sections I. Terrestrial animals and II. Aquaculture animals and
products of Appendix 2 to this Annex.
In view of the provisions of the two sections referred to above, Switzerland shall not be
considered as a third country for the purposes of Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6
until 1 July 2028.
It shall immediately inform the Joint Veterinary Committee of any further changes to its
legislation on antimicrobials intended for production animals.
This paragraph shall be reviewed by the Joint Veterinary Committee before 1 July 2028.
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“Animal by-products not intended for human consumption”
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports
from Switzerland to the European Union
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and
exports from Switzerland to the European Union
Commercial terms Equivalence
European Union* Switzerland*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as
amended before Tuesday 31 December 2014.
Yes, subject
to special
conditions
1. Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of
the European Parliament and of
the Council of 22 May 2001
laying down rules for the
prevention, control and
eradication of certain
transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies, (OJ L 147,
31.5.2001, p. 1).
2. Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of
the European Parliament and of
the Council of 21 October 2009
laying down health rules as
regards animal by-products and
derived products not intended for
human consumption and
repealing Regulation (EC) No
1774/2002 (Animal by-products
Regulation) (OJ L 300,
14.11.2009, p. 1).
3. Commission Regulation (EU) No
142/2011 of 25 February 2011
implementing Regulation (EC)
No 1069/2009 of the European
Parliament and of the Council
laying down health rules as
regards animal by-products and
derived products not intended for
human consumption and
implementing Council Directive
97/78/EC as regards certain
samples and items exempt from
veterinary checks at the border
under that Directive (OJ L 54,
26.2.2011, p. 1).
1. Ordinance of 23 November 2005
on the slaughter of livestock and
the checking of meat (OAbCV;
RS 817.190);
2. Ordinance of the DFI of
23 November 2005 on hygiene
during the slaughter of livestock
(OHyAb RS 817.190.1);
3. Ordinance of 27 June 1995 on
epizootic diseases (OFE; RS
916.401);
4. Ordinance of 18 April 2007 on
the import, transit and export of
animals and animal products
(OITE; RS 916.443.10);
5. Ordinance of 25 May 2011 on the
disposal of animal by-products
(OESPA; RS 916.441.22).
Special conditions
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For its imports, Switzerland applies the same provisions as those under Articles 25 to 28 and 30 to
31 and under Annexes XIV and XV (certificates) to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, in accordance
with Articles 41 and 42 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
Trade in Category 1 and Category 2 materials shall be governed by Article 48 of Regulation (EC)
No 1069/2009.
Category 3 materials traded between the Member States of the European Union and Switzerland
shall be accompanied by the commercial documents and health certificates provided for in Chapter
III of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation
(EU) No 142/2011 and with Articles 21 and 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
Pursuant to Title II, Chapter I, Section 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and Chapter IV and
Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, Switzerland shall draw up the list of its corresponding
establishments.
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CHAPTER II
Sectors other than those covered by Chapter I
Exports from the European Union to Switzerland and exports from Switzerland to the European
Union
These exports shall be subject to the same conditions as intra-Union trade. However, if relevant, a
certificate attesting compliance with those conditions shall be issued by the competent authorities to
accompany consignments.
If necessary, models for certificates shall be discussed in the Joint Veterinary Committee.’.
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ANNEX VI
Appendix 10 to Annex 11 to the Agricultural Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘Appendix 10
Animal products: border checks and payment of fees
CHAPTER I
General provisions
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended
before 31 December 2025.
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 28 January 2002 laying down the
general principles and requirements of
food law, establishing the European
Food Safety Authority and laying down
procedures in matters of food safety, OJ
L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1);
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules
referred to in this Chapter:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC)
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases
(LFE; RS 916.40), and in particular
Article 57 thereof;
2. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with third
countries (OITE-PT; RS 916.443.10);
3. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and
exportation of animals and animal
products (OITE-PT-DFI;
RS 916.443.106);
4. Ordinance of 30 October 1985 on the
fees levied by the Federal Food Safety
and Veterinary Office (Ordinance on the
Fees of OSAV; RS 916.472).
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No 882/2004 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, Council Directives
89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC,
91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and
97/78/EC and Council Decision
92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p 1):
3. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019
laying down rules for the functioning of
the information management system for
official controls and its system
components (the IMSOC Regulation)
(OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, p. 37).
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. Switzerland is integrated into the information management system for official
controls and all its components, as defined in Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/1715. Switzerland shall designate a contact point for this purpose.
If necessary, transitional measures shall be laid down in the Joint Veterinary
Committee.
2. The Parties shall provide each other with mutual administrative assistance in
accordance with Articles 104 to 107 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 to ensure the
proper application of this Appendix. The Joint Veterinary Committee shall be
responsible for the application of Article 108 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
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CHAPTER II
Veterinary checks applicable in trade between the Member States of the European Union and
Switzerland
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended
before 31 December 2025.
Veterinary checks applicable in trade between the Member States of the European Union and
Switzerland shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions below:
European Union Switzerland
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal
diseases and amending and repealing
certain acts in the area of animal health
(‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84,
31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the delegated
and implementing acts based on this
Regulation adopted by 31 December
2025;
2. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules
referred to in this Chapter:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC)
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, Council Directives
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases
(LFE; RS 916.40), and in particular
Article 57 thereof;
2. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU; RS 916.443.11);
3. Ordinance of the DFI of 18 November
2015 governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with the
Member States of the EU, Iceland,
Norway and Northern Ireland (OITE-
EU-DFI; RS 916.443.111);
4. Ordinance of 28 November 2014 on the
importation, transit and exportation of
pet animals (OITE-AC; RS 916.443.14);
5. Ordinance of 30 October 1985 on the
fees levied by the Federal Food Safety
and Veterinary Office (Ordinance on the
Fees of OSAV; RS 916.472).
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89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC,
91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and
97/78/EC and Council Decision
92/438/EEC (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142);
3. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019
laying down rules for the functioning of
the information management system for
official controls and its system
components (the IMSOC Regulation)
(OJ L 261, 14.10.2019, p. 37–9).
B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
In the cases provided for in Articles 102 and 104 to 107 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the
competent authorities of the place of destination shall contact the competent authorities of the
place of dispatch without delay. They shall take all necessary measures and notify the
competent authority of the place of dispatch and the Commission of the nature of the checks
carried out, the decisions taken and the reasons for such decisions.
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CHAPTER III
Veterinary checks applicable to imports from third countries
A. LEGISLATION*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended
before 31 December 2025.
Checks on imports from third countries shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions
referred to below:
European Union Switzerland
1. For provisions on official controls
performed by the competent authorities
to verify compliance with the rules
referred to in this Chapter:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 15 March 2017 on official controls
and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed
law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection
products, amending Regulations (EC)
No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC)
No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009,
(EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014,
(EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of
the European Parliament and of the
Council, Council Regulations (EC) No
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC,
1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC
and 2008/120/EC, and repealing
Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC)
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, Council Directives
89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC,
91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and
97/78/EC and Council Decision
92/438/EEC (Official Controls
Regulation) (Official Controls
Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, pp. 1–
142);
1. Law of 1 July 1966 on epizootic diseases
(LFE; RS 916.40), and in particular
Article 57 thereof;
2. Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade involving the
importation, transit and exportation of
animals and animal products with third
countries (OITE-PT; RS 916.443.10);
3. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015
governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and
exportation of animals and animal
products (OITE-PT-DFI;
RS 916.443.106);
4. Ordinance of 28 November 2014 on the
importation, transit and exportation of
pet animals (OITE-AC; RS 916.443.14);
5. Ordinance of 30 October 1985 on the
fees levied by the Federal Food Safety
and Veterinary Office (Ordinance on the
Fees of OSAV; RS 916.472);
6. Federal Act of 20 June 2014 on
foodstuffs and consumer products (Law
on foodstuffs, LDAl; RS 817.0);
7. Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on
foodstuffs and consumer products
(ODAlOUs, RS 817.02);
8. Ordinance of 27 May 2020 on the
implementation of foodstuffs legislation
(OELDAl; RS 817.042);
2. Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April
1996 concerning the prohibition on the
use in stock farming of certain
substances having a hormonal or
thyrostatic action and of β-agonists, and
9. DFI Ordinance of 16 December 2016 on
maximum residue levels of pesticides in
or on products of plant or animal origin
(OPOVA; RS 817.021.23).
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European Union Switzerland
repealing Directives 81/602/EEC,
88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (OJ L 125,
23.5.1996, p. 3);
3. Commission Decision 2002/657/EC of
[…] 12 August 2002 implementing
Council Directive 96/23/EC concerning
the performance of analytical methods
and the interpretation of results (OJ
L 221, 17.8.2002, p. 8);
4. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal
diseases and amending and repealing
certain acts in the area of animal health
(‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84,
31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the delegated
and implementing acts based on this
Regulation adopted by 31 December
2025;
5. Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
of 6 May 2009 laying down Community
procedures for the establishment of
residue limits of pharmacologically
active substances in foodstuffs of animal
origin, repealing Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2377/90 and amending
Directive 2001/82/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council and
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 11).
6. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/2235 of 16 December 2020
laying down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates, model official
certificates and model animal
health/official certificates, for the entry
into the Union and movements within
the Union of consignments of certain
categories of animals and goods, official
certification regarding such certificates
and repealing Regulation (EC) No
599/2004, Implementing Regulations
(EU) No 636/2014 and (EU) 2019/628,
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European Union Switzerland
Directive 98/68/EC and Decisions
2000/572/EC, 2003/779/EC and
2007/240/EC (OJ L 442, 30.12.2020, p.
1);
7. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/2236 of 16 December 2020
laying down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates for the entry
into the Union and the movements
within the Union of consignments of
aquatic animals and of certain products
of animal origin from aquatic animals,
official certification regarding such
certificates and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 1251/2008 (OJ L 442,
30.12.2020, p. 410);
8. Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2021/403 of 18 March 2021 laying
down rules for the application of
Regulations (EU) 2016/429 and (EU)
2017/625 of the European Parliament
and of the Council as regards model
animal health certificates and model
animal health/official certificates, for the
entry into the Union and movements
between Member States of consignments
of certain categories of terrestrial
animals and germinal products thereof,
official certification regarding such
certificates and repealing Decision
2010/470/EU (OJ L 113, 31.3.2021, p.
1).
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B. IMPLEMENTING RULES
1. For the purposes of applying Articles 59 and 60 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the
lists of border control posts of the Member States of the European Union shall be
published on the website of the European Commission.
2. For the purposes of implementing Articles 59 and 60 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625,
the border inspection posts for Switzerland shall be:
Organisation TRACES
Code Type of licence
Zürich Airport CHZRH4 POA-NHC(2)*
POA-HC(2)*
Geneva Airport CHGVA4 POA-NHC(2)*
POA-HC(2)*
* By reference to the approval categories set out in Annex II to Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2019/1014
The Joint Veterinary Committee shall be responsible for any subsequent amendments
to the list of border inspection posts, their inspection centres and their type of
approval.
3. Inspections shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Joint Veterinary
Committee in accordance in particular with Article 116 of Regulation (EC) No
2017/625 and Article 57 of the Law on epizootic diseases.
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CHAPTER IV
Health requirements and control requirements relating to trade
between the European Union and Switzerland
For sectors where recognition of equivalence is mutual, animal products traded between the
Member States of the European Union and Switzerland shall move under the same conditions
as products traded between the Member States of the European Union. Where necessary,
these products are accompanied by the health certificates required for trade between the
Member States of the European Union or defined in this Annex and available in the TRACES
system.
For the other sectors, the health requirements laid down in Chapter II of Appendix 6 shall
continue to apply.
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CHAPTER V
Health requirements and control requirements relating to imports from third countries
I. EUROPEAN UNION – LEGISLATION
A. Public health rules*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended
before 31 December 2025.
1. Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23
April 2009 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on
extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients
(OJ L 141, 6.6.2009, p. 3)
2. Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with
flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and
Directive 2000/13/EC (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 34).
3. Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of
residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal
origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending
Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 11).
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4. Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8 February 1993 laying down
Community procedures for contaminants in food (OJ L 37, 13.2.1993, p. 1).
5. Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 16 December 2008 on food additives (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16).
6. Council Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the
use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic
action and of β-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC
and 88/299/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3).
7. For provisions on official controls performed by the competent authorities to
verify compliance with the rules referred to in this Chapter:
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to
ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare,
plant health and plant protection products, amending
Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009,
(EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429
and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and
Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and
2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC,
96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC
(OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).
8. Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22
February 1999 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation (OJ L 66,
13.3.1999, p. 16).
9. Directive 1999/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22
February 1999 on the establishment of a Community list of foods and food
ingredients treated with ionising radiation (OJ L 66, 13.3.1999, p. 24);
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10. Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication
of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001,
p. 1).
11. Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1).
12. Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on
foods (OJ L 309, 26.11.2003, p. 1).
13. Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21
April 2004 repealing certain Directives concerning food hygiene and health
conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of
animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council
Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC (OJ
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33).
14. Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin
(OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55).
15. Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 of 23 February 2006 laying down
the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of
mycotoxins in foodstuffs (OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 12).
16. Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/644 of 5 April 2017 laying down methods
of sampling and analysis for the control of levels of dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs
and non-dioxin-like PCBs in certain foodstuffs and repealing Regulation (EU)
No 589/2014 (OJ L 92, 6.4.2017, p. 9).
17. Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2007 of 28 March 2007 laying down the
methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of lead,
cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD and polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons in foodstuffs (OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 29).
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18. Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing
Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43).
B. Animal health rules*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended
before 31 December 2025.
1. Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9
March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing
certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84,
31.3.2016, pp. 1–208) and the delegated and implementing acts based on this
Regulation by 31 December 2025.
2. Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication
of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001,
p. 1).
3. Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and
derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).
4. Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing
Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council
laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products
not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive
97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks
at the border under that Directive (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1).
C. Other specific measures*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as
amended before Tuesday 31 December 2014.
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1. Interim Agreement on trade and customs union between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino — Joint Declaration —
Declaration by the Community (OJ L 359, 9.12.1992, p. 14).
2. Decision 94/1/ECSC, EC of the Council and the Commission of 13 December
1993 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
between the European Communities, their Member States and the Republic of
Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of
Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss
Confederation (OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 1).
3. Council Decision 97/132/EC of 17 December 1996 on the conclusion of the
Agreement between the European Community and New Zealand on sanitary
measures applicable to trade in live animals and animal products (OJ L 57,
26.2.1997, p. 4).
4. Council Decision 97/345/EC of 17 February 1997 concerning the conclusion of
a Protocol on veterinary matters supplementary to the Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and
the Principality of Andorra (OJ L 148, 6.6.1997, p. 15).
5. Council Decision 98/258/EC of 16 March 1998 on the conclusion of the
Agreement between the European Community and the United States of
America on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in trade in
live animals and animal products (OJ L 118, 21.4.1998, p. 1).
6. Council Decision 98/504/EC of 29 June 1998 concerning the conclusion of the
Interim Agreement on trade and trade related matters between the European
Community, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part
(OJ L 226, 13.8.1998, p. 24).
7. Council Decision 1999/201/EC of 14 December 1998 on the conclusion of the
Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada
on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in
live animals and animal products (OJ L 71, 18.3.1999, p. 1).
8. Council Decision 1999/778/EC of 15 November 1999 concerning the
conclusion of a Protocol on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement
between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of
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Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part (OJ
L 305, 30.11.1999, p. 25).
9. Protocol 1999/1130/EC on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement
between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of
Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part (OJ
L 305, 30.11.1999, p. 26).
10. Council Decision 2002/979/EC of 18 November 2002 on the signature and
provisional application of certain provisions of an Agreement establishing an
association between the European Community and its Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part (OJ L 352, 30.12.2002, p.
1).
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2. Switzerland – Legislation*
* Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as
amended before 31 December 2025.
A. Ordinance of 18 November 2015 governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and exportation of animals and animal
products countries (OITE-PT; RS 916.443.10).
B. DFI Ordinance of 18 November 2015 governing trade with third countries
involving the importation, transit and exportation of animals and animal
products (OITE-PT-DFI; RS 916.443.106).
3. Implementing provisions
A. The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office shall apply, simultaneously
with the Member States of the European Union, the import conditions set out in
the acts mentioned in point I of this Appendix, the implementing measures and
the lists of establishments from which the corresponding imports are
authorised. This undertaking shall apply to all the relevant acts, irrespective of
their date of adoption.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office may adopt more restrictive
measures and require additional guarantees. Consultations shall be held within
the Joint Veterinary Committee to find suitable solutions.
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The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office and the Member States of the
European Union shall notify each other of the specific import conditions
established bilaterally which have not been harmonised at Union level.
B. The border inspection posts of the Member States of the European Union
referred to in point 1 of Part B of Chapter III of this Appendix shall check
imports from third countries destined for Switzerland in accordance with part
A of Chapter III of this Appendix.
C. The Swiss border inspection posts mentioned in point 2 of Part B of Chapter III
of this Appendix shall check imports from third countries destined for the
Member States of the European Union in accordance with part A of Chapter III
of this Appendix.
D. Pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance of 18 November 2015 governing
trade involving the importation, transit and exportation of animals and animal
products with third countries (OITE-PT; RS 916.443.10), the Swiss
Confederation shall maintain the possibility of importing beef from bovine
animals potentially treated with growth promoters. The export of such meat to
the European Union shall be prohibited. In addition, the Swiss Confederation
shall:
– confine the use of such meat to direct selling by retail establishments to
consumers under appropriate labelling conditions;
– allow such meat to be introduced into Switzerland only through Swiss
border inspection posts;
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– maintain an appropriate traceability and channelling system to prevent
any possibility of such meat being subsequently introduced into the
territory of the Member States of the Community,
– present once a year a report to the Commission on the origin and
destination of the imports, plus an account of the checks carried out to
ensure compliance with the conditions listed in the foregoing indents,
– where there are concerns, these provisions shall be examined by the Joint
Veterinary Committee.
E. Switzerland shall not be considered as a third country for the purposes of
Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 until 1 July 2028.
This paragraph shall be reviewed by the Joint Veterinary Committee before 1
July 2028.
CHAPTER VI
Fees
1. No fees shall be charged for veterinary checks carried out in trade between the
Member States of the Community and Switzerland.
2. The Swiss authorities undertake to collect the fees provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council for veterinary checks of
imports from third countries.’.