Federal Act
on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations
(Chemicals Act, ChemA)

Hav­ing com­pleted the ap­pro­pri­ate self-reg­u­la­tion pro­ced­ures, the man­u­fac­turer shall be en­titled to place sub­stances and pre­par­a­tions on the mar­ket without the pri­or con­sent of the au­thor­it­ies. The fol­low­ing ex­cep­tions ap­ply:

a.

no­ti­fic­a­tion is re­quired for pla­cing new sub­stances on the mar­ket as such or as a con­stitu­ent of a pre­par­a­tion (Art. 9);

b.

au­thor­isa­tion is re­quired for pla­cing biocid­al products or plant pro­tec­tion products on the mar­ket (Art. 10 and 11).