Chemical law (Switzerland)
The chemicals law in Switzerland describes a field of law that includes the objective law on hazardous substances.
Legal sources
The most important legal acts in Switzerland are:
- ChemG ( Chemicals Act ) - Federal law on protection against dangerous substances and preparations
- ChemV ( Chemicals Ordinance ) - Ordinance on protection against dangerous substances and preparations
- ORRChem ( Chemicals Risk Reduction Ordinance ) - Ordinance to reduce risks when handling certain particularly dangerous substances
Further laws and ordinances in Swiss chemicals law include:
- USG ( Environmental Protection Act )
- GSchG ( Water Protection Act )
- LwG ( Agriculture Act )
- LMG ( Food Act )
- PSMV ( Plant Protection Product Ordinance )
- VBP ( Biocidal Products Regulation) - Regulation on the placing on the market of and handling of biocidal products
- ChemPICV ( PIC Regulation ) - Regulation on the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent procedure for certain chemicals in international trade
- GLPV (Ordinance on Good Laboratory Practice )
- ChemGebV (Chemical Fee Ordinance)
- VOCV - Ordinance on the incentive tax on volatile organic compounds
literature
- Christoph Streuli, Dag Kappes, Urs Näf, Urs von Arx: Guide to chemicals law: Taking into account other areas of law related to chemicals law . 2nd Edition. Stämpfli, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7272-8858-6 .
- Dag Kappes, Olivier Depallens: The future development of Swiss chemicals law . tape 2/2016 . Security & Law, 2016, p. 101-110 .
- Dag Kappes, Urs Näf: Chemical law - a dynamic area of law . tape 1/2014 . Security & Law, 2014, p. 49-62 .
- Christoph Streuli, Dag Kappes, Urs Näf: Chemical law - a largely unknown area of law . tape 1/2011 . Security & Law, 2011, p. 51 .
Web links
- Cheminfo at the Federal Office of Public Health
- Graphic overview ( Memento from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
