Products and conformity · France / Switzerland
Made in France and Swiss made: substantiate the claim
France and Switzerland apply distinct rules to commercial origin claims. Start with the precise wording and the actual manufacturing operations, rather than the brand’s registered office. Record components, production stages, locations and supporting evidence. Designed, assembled and made claims are not interchangeable, and a consumer-facing origin claim is different from preferential customs origin.
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France: does a French company address prove French manufacture ?
No. Describe the production steps and their actual locations using supporting records.
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France: which wording should the origin file preserve ?
Record the actual claim and advertising medium. Designed and manufactured describe different operations.
How can you connect the facts and records in your file?
Complete the file references. The initial values illustrate a fictional case; they are not observed product results.
Fictional example · Manufacturing and origin-claim evidence map
- Product
- Industrial item A
- Claim
- Proposed origin wording
- Stage
- Documented assembly
- Evidence
- Production dossier
This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.
France: does a French company address prove French manufacture ?
No. Describe the production steps and their actual locations using supporting records.
France: how should subcontracted production be documented ?
Link orders, locations, work performed and delivery evidence. Keep contractual address separate from execution.
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
L’indication de l’origine, comme toute allégation publicitaire, doit respecter les règles du code de la consommation
Record the actual claim and advertising medium. Designed and manufactured describe different operations.
France: does this establish preferential customs origin ?
No. Commercial origin substantiation and preferential tariff treatment are separate tasks.
Which elements belong together before the next step?
| Preparation question | Point to verify |
|---|---|
| France: which wording should the origin file preserve ? | Record the actual claim and advertising medium. Designed and manufactured describe different operations. |
| France: does a French company address prove French manufacture ? | No. Describe the production steps and their actual locations using supporting records. |
| France: how should subcontracted production be documented ? | Link orders, locations, work performed and delivery evidence. Keep contractual address separate from execution. |
| France: does this establish preferential customs origin ? | No. Commercial origin substantiation and preferential tariff treatment are separate tasks. |
DGCCRF — Le Fabriqué en Franceconso : art. L121-2IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
Switzerland: is Swiss made established by the brand’s location ?
No. Examine the applicable provenance criteria and actual manufacturing connection.
IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
Switzerland: which industrial-product costs belong in the analysis ?
Identify documented cost categories under the applicable criteria, including relevant exclusions rather than an unsupported total.
IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
Switzerland: should one industrial test cover food and services ?
No. Provenance conditions differ by category. Keep this dossier’s industrial-product perimeter explicit.
IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
Switzerland: what follows a production-chain change ?
Revisit stages, costs and locations before retaining the claim. Preserve the updated substantiation.
IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
What other questions arise in this file?
France: does a French company address prove French manufacture ?
No. Describe the production steps and their actual locations using supporting records.
DGCCRF — Le Fabriqué en Franceconso : art. L121-2IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
France: does this establish preferential customs origin ?
No. Commercial origin substantiation and preferential tariff treatment are separate tasks.
DGCCRF — Le Fabriqué en Franceconso : art. L121-2IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
Switzerland: which industrial-product costs belong in the analysis ?
Identify documented cost categories under the applicable criteria, including relevant exclusions rather than an unsupported total.
DGCCRF — Le Fabriqué en Franceconso : art. L121-2IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
Switzerland: what follows a production-chain change ?
Revisit stages, costs and locations before retaining the claim. Preserve the updated substantiation.
DGCCRF — Le Fabriqué en Franceconso : art. L121-2IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesIPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industriels
Which official references should you consult?
- DGCCRF — Le Fabriqué en Franceeconomie.gouv.fr
- conso : art. L121-2legifrance.gouv.fr
- IPI — Utilisation de la marque Suisse à des fins publicitairesige.ch
- IPI — Critères de provenance pour les produits industrielsige.ch
Texts cited last checked: 2 November 2026