B21003 Application for authorisation to carry out an experimental release of human enteroviruses in the Lake Leman for the evaluation of viral inactivation

Submitted on the 14th of July 2021

Publication in the Federal Law Gazette (BBl):

FF 2021 1984 - Demande d’autorisation pour une dissémination expérimentale d’entérovirus humains dans le lac Léman afin d’évaluer leur inactivation (admin.ch)

Applicant: Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Environmental Engineering Institute

Organisms: eight pathogenic serotypes of human enteroviruses B

Purpose of experiment:

• Research on the inactivation rate of enteroviruses in the environmental conditions of Lake Leman;
• The tests are carried out around the research platform LéXPLORE, using capsules that allow the viruses to be confronted with lake processes that may affect their persistence while preventing the tested enteroviruses from reaching the environment;
• Development of a tool to predict the risk of waterborne viral infections during recreational water use in the Lake Leman

Location of experiment:

• Plateform LéXPLORE on Lake Leman (VD), 46°30’0.819’’ North et 6°39’39.007 ‘’ East

Duration of experiment: from september 2021 to september 2022

Licensing procedure:

• The procedure is based on Articles 17 et seq. and 20 et seq. of the Ordinance on the Handling of Organisms in the Environment (Release Ordinance, RO) of 10 September 2008 (SR 814.911).
  

Decision:

Décision B21003 du 21 décembre 2021 (PDF, 1 MB, 21.12.2021)

Last modification 28.12.2021