Chemicals: Acts and ordinances

Legal bases on national, european and international level

Acts and ordinances

Environmental Protection Act (EPA)

Chemicals Act (ChemA)

Chemicals Ordinance (ChemO)

Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance (ORRChem)

Ordinance on Biocidal Products (OBP)

Ordinance on Good Laboratory Practice (OGLP)

Chemikaliengebührenverordnung (ChemGebV)

PIC Ordinance (ChemPICO)

Pflanzenschutzmittelverordnung (PSMV)

Ordinance on the Register relating to Pollutant Release and the Transfer of Waste and of Pollutants in Waste Water (PRTR-V)

Classified compilation: Federal law

813 Chemikalien

814.8 Umweltgefährdende Stoffe

Classified compilation: International law

Rotterdam convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade

Stockholmer Übereinkommen über persistente organische Schadstoffe (POP-Konvention)

0.813 Chemikalien

0.814.0 Schutz des ökologischen Gleichgewichts im Allgemeinen

0.814.8 Chemikalien

European legislation

EU legislation: Chemical products

UNECE: Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers PRTR

Aids to enforcement

Enforcement aids

Last modification 17.06.2021