Marketing of alien small invertebrates

Legal bases and requirements

Marketing alien small invertebrates fundamentally require a federal licence.

The legal requirements for marketing alien small invertebrates can be found in:

Agriculture Act (AgricA)

Pflanzenschutzmittelverordnung (PSMV)

Environmental Protection Act (EPA)

Release Ordinance (RO)

Competence

The competence to issue authorisation and the relevant procedure depends on the type organisms and the application for which they are intended.

• Insects, mites, nematodes for use as plant protection product

Licensing authority: Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO

Applications should be submitted to:

Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV: Zulassung Pflanzenschutzmittel

• Insects, mites, nematodes except for use as plant protection products and other arthropods, annelids, nematodes and plathelminths for all uses:

Licensing authority: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)

Applications should be submitted to: Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Biotechnology Section, 3003 Bern, Tel. [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

Authorisations

D22001 Application for authorisation to market the parasitoid G1 Ganaspis cf. brasiliensis for the classical biological control of spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)

D12.001 Licence application for marketing the parasitoid Torymus sinesens (PDF, 1 MB, 29.05.2012)

Further information

Documents

Grundlagen für die Umsetzung des Zulassungsverfahrens von gebietsfremden Organismen für die klassische biologische Bekämpfung von Schadorganismen in der Schweiz (PDF, 536 kB, 15.02.2012)Im Auftrag des BAFU

Umgang mit exotischen wirbellosen Kleintieren: Branchen – Risiken – Prävention (PDF, 6 MB, 04.11.2014)Im Auftrag des BAFU

Last modification 27.06.2023