PDO/PGI Ordinance
Inserted by No I of the O of 1 Nov. 2023, in force since 1 Jan. 2024 (AS 2023 697).
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Art. 14a
1 The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) may in the following cases authorise by means of an ordinance a temporary suspension of individual provisions of the product specification that are set out in Article 7 paragraph 1 letters c and d: a. in the case of extraordinary natural events that prevent compliance with specific points of the product specification for a specific period; b. in response to official decisions based on federal or canton law, in particular relating to public or plant health, that prevent compliance with specific points of the product specification for a specific period. 2 The group shall apply to FOAG for a temporary suspension. The application must be accompanied by proof that the application has been approved by the representatives’ meeting of the group. 3 The group must prove that temporary suspension will have no direct effects on the principal physical, chemical, microbiological and organoleptic properties of the products or