Single market for goods

Mutual Recognition Agreement between the European Union and Switzerland

The MRA between the EU and Switzerland is operational for the following sectors:

Machinery (Chapter 1)
Personal Protective Equipment (Chapter 2)
Toys (Chapter 3)
Medical Devices (Chapter 4)
Gas appliances and boilers (Hot water boilers) (Chapter 5)
Pressure vessels (Chapter 6)
Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (Chapter 7)
Electrical equipment (Chapter 8)
Measuring instruments and pre-packages (Chapter 11)
Motor Vehicles (Chapter 12)
Agricultural and forestry tractors (Chapter 13)
Good Laboratory Practice - GLP (Chapter 14)
Medicinal products, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), inspection batch and certification (Chapter 15)
Construction products (Chapter 16)

List of approved conformity assessment bodies designated by Switzerland

to be found in the NANDO database
NOT in the NANDO database

Chapter 12 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 13 - Agricultural and forestry tractors
Chapter 14 - Good Laboratory Practice-GLP
Chapter 15 - Medicinal products, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection and batch certification

Chapter 12

Swiss authorities responsible for type-approval, technical services and testing bodies under motor vehicles chapters

Sector	Body	Id. No.	Address	Telephone/Fax	Date of validation	Directive
Motor Vehicles (Type-approval)	Bundesamt für Strassen (ASTRA)	na	CH-3003 Berne	Mr Stefan Wenger Tel: +41 31 323 42 35 Fax: +41 31 323 43 01 stefan.wenger@astra.admin.ch	28/01/2003	70/156/EEC
Motor Vehicles (Type-approval)	Bundesamt für Kommunikation (BAKOM)	na	Rue de l'Avenir CH-2501 Berne	Mr Gerhard Käser Tel: +41 32 327 55 65 Fax: +41 32 327 55 58 gerhard.kaeser@bakom.admin.ch	28/01/2003	74/61/EEC
Motor Vehicles (Type-approval)	Vereinigung kantonaler Feuerversicherungen (VKF)	na	Bundesgasse 20 CH-3011 Bern	Mr K. Steck Tel: +41 31 320 22 22 Fax: +41 31 320 22 99	28/01/2003	95/28/EC 98/91/EC
Motor Vehicles (Type-approval)	Schweizerischer Verein für technische Inspektionen (SVTI) c/o Eidgenössisches Gefahrengutinspektorat (EGI)	na	Richtistrasse 15 CH-8304 Wallisellen	Mr Beat Schüpbach Tel: +41 1 877 61 11 Fax: +41 1 877 62 14 beat.schuepbach@svti.ch	28/01/2003	98/91/EEC
Motor Vehicles (Testing)	Schweizerischer Verein für technische Inspektionen (SVTI) c/o Eidgenössisches Gefahrengutinspektorat (EGI)	na	Richtistrasse 15 CH-8304 Wallisellen	Mr Beat Schüpbach Tel: +41 1 877 61 11 Fax: +41 1 877 62 14 beat.schuepbach@svti.ch	28/01/2003	98/91/EEC
Motor Vehicles (Testing)	Bundesamt für Metrologie (METAS)	na	Lindenweg 50 CH-3084 Wabern	Mr Hans Lehmann Tel: +41 31 323 33 43 Fax: +41 31 323 32 10 hans.lehmann@metas.ch http://www.metas.ch/certification	28/01/2003	70/388/EEC 76/757/EEC 76/758/EEC 76/759/EEC 76/760/EEC 76/761/EEC 76/762/EEC 77/538/EEC 77/539/EEC 77/540/EEC 92/24/EEC
Motor Vehicles (Testing)	Montena EMC SA	na	Route de Montenaz 75 CH-1728 Rossens	Mr Jacques Ding Tel: +41 26 411 93 33 Fax: +41 26 411 93 30 jacques.ding@montena.com	21/10/2005	72/245/EEC
Motor Vehicles (Testing)	Dynamic Test Center (DTC)	na	Route Principale CH-2537 Vauffelin	Mr. Bernhard Gerster Tel: +41 32 321 66 00 Fax: +41 32 321 66 01 info@dtc-ag.ch www.dtc-ag.ch	17/06/2009	70/157/EEC 71/320/EEC 74/408/EEC 76/115/EEC

Chapter 13

Swiss authorities responsible for type-approval, technical services and testing bodies under motor vehicles chapters

Sector	Body	Id. No.	Address	Telephone/Fax	Date of validation	Directive
Agricultural and forestry tractors (Type-approval)	Bundesamt für Strassen (ASTRA)	na	CH-3003 Berne	Mr Stefan Wenger Tel: +41 31 323 42 35 Fax: +41 31 323 43 01 stefan.wenger@astra.admin.ch	28/01/2003	74/150/EEC
Agricultural and forestry tractors (Type-approval)	Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon (ART)	na	CH-8356 Ettenhausen	Mr Marco Landis Tel: +41 52 368 33 35 Fax: +41 52 365 11 90 marco.landis@art.admin.ch	28/01/2003	77/536/EEC 77/311/EEC 79/622/EEC 86/298/EEC 87/402/EEC
Agricultural and forestry tractors (Testing)	Bundesamt für Metrologie (METAS)	na	Lindenweg 50 CH-3084 Wabern	Mr Hans Lehmann Tel: +41 31 323 33 43 Fax: +41 31 323 32 10 hans.lehmann@metas.ch http://www.metas.ch/certification	28/01/2003	79/532/EEC
Agricultural and forestry tractors (Testing)	Dynamic Test Center (DTC)	na	Route Principale CH-2537 Vauffelin	Mr. Bernhard Gerster Tel: +41 32 321 66 00 Fax: +41 32 321 66 01 info@dtc-ag.ch www.dtc-ag.ch	17/06/2009	78/764/EEC

Chapter 14

(Good Laboratory Practice-GLP)
For the purpose of this Sectoral Chapter, 'Conformity Assessment Bodies' means the test facilities recognised under the GLP monitoring programme of each Party.

(Medicinal products, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection and batch certification)
For the purpose of this Sectoral Chapter, 'Conformity Assessment Bodies' means the official GMP inspection services [30 KB] of each Party.

List of approved conformity assessment bodies (CABs) designated by the EU Member States

to be found in the NANDO database
not in the NANDO database

Chapter 11 (Measuring instruments and prepackages)
For the purpose of this Sectoral Chapter, 'Conformity Assessment Bodies' also means Competent Authorities pdf - 81 KB [81 KB] (verification services and laboratories) responsible for calibration.

Chapter 12 (Motor vehicles) and 13 (Agricultural or forestry tractors)
For the purpose of these Sectoral Chapters, 'Conformity Assessment Bodies' means the authorities responsible for type-approval, technical services and testing bodies.

Chapter 14 (Good Laboratory Practice-GLP)
For the purpose of this Sectoral Chapter, 'Conformity Assessment Bodies' means the test facilities recognised under the GLP monitoring programme of each Party.

Chapter 15 (Medicinal products, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection and batch certification)
For the purpose of this Sectoral Chapter, 'Conformity Assessment Bodies' means the official GMP inspection services pdf - 139 KB [139 KB] of each Party.