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

Any per­son in­volved in the hand­ling of sub­stances or pre­par­a­tions must pay due re­gard to their dan­ger­ous prop­er­ties and take any meas­ures ne­ces­sary to pro­tect life and health. In par­tic­u­lar, due con­sid­er­a­tion must be giv­en to the rel­ev­ant in­form­a­tion provided by the man­u­fac­turer.