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The draft law provides that only legally harvested and marketed timber may be placed on the market in Switzerland. Operators placing wood on the market for the first time will have to exercise due diligence. As part of a risk assessment, information on wood species and country of origin should be provided. Also, Measures have to be taken to reduce the risk of placing illegally harvested timber on the market. Documentation proving the legality of forest exploitation in the country of origin and information on how the wood is processed, for example, should be provided.

Ordinance of the Federal Council amending the Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks relating to the Use of Certain Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles

Ordinance contains all requirements related to the energy efficiency of mass-produced appliances and installations. The notified draft ordinance will set out minimum energy performance and labelling requirements for refrigerating appliances, household washing machines, household washer-dryers, household dishwashers, electronic displays, refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function, light sources and separate control gears. It will set out minimum energy performance requirements for external power supplies, electric motors, variable speed drives, transformers, air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units, servers and data storage products and welding equipment. For vacuum cleaners, the energy labelling requirement will be withdrawn. Products not meeting these requirements will not be allowed to be placed on the Swiss market.

Preliminary draft revision of Supreme Decree No. 7 of 2015 of the Ministry of the Environment , approving the noise emission standard for light and medium-sized vehicles and motorcycles

Amendment to Resolution No. 1.557 of 2014 of the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) establishing requirements for the authorization of pesticides

Preliminary draft revision of the emission standards for light vehicles

Preliminary draft revision of the emission standards for medium-sized vehicles

Draft safety analysis and/or test protocol for the energy efficiency of gas products - Gas-fired water heaters

The aim of the technical specifications for the design of efficiency labels for electric ovens is to provide consumers with information when they are selecting this type of appliance. In developing the proposal, international experiences, the existing energy efficiency label and the protocols in force in Chile were taken into account.

The proposed Supreme Decree, "Quality specifications for liquid fuels for marine use", will lay down specifications and requirements to be met by marine fuels used in diesel engines and boilers on vessels. One of the parameters established in the document is a limit on sulphur content, in keeping with Annex VI, "Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships", to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) .

The decree will repeal Decree No. 673 of 1997, which made standard NCh 2286, Petroleum Products-Fuels-Specifications for Marine Fuels, approved by the National Standardization Institute, of the Ministry of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction, Undersecretariat for the Economy, Development and Reconstruction, an official standard of the Republic.