Published on 27 June 2023

Marketing of alien small invertebrates

Marketing alien small invertebrates fundamentally require a federal licence.

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

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:

  • 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. 058 462 93 49, e-mail: contact.releases@bafu.admin.ch

Authorisations

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

Further information