Genetic Engineering Act (Switzerland)
The Federal Act on Genetic Engineering in the Extra-Human Area , GTG for short , was passed on March 21, 2003 by the Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation .
The law should:
- protect humans, animals and the environment from abuses of genetic engineering;
- serve the well-being of humans, animals and the environment when applying genetic engineering.
It continued the
- Articles 74 paragraph 1, 118 paragraph 2 letter a and 120 paragraph 2 of the Federal Constitution ( dignity of creatures ),
- the Convention of June 5, 1992 on Biological Diversity
- the Cartagena Protocol of 29 January 2000 on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity,
- the Federal Council Dispatch of March 1, 2000
- the report of the Commission for Science, Education and Culture of the Council of States of April 30, 2001
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