Ordinance
on the Reduction of Risks relating to the Use of Certain Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles
(Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance, ORRChem)

1 The Fed­er­al De­part­ment of the En­vir­on­ment, Trans­port, En­ergy and Com­mu­nic­a­tions (DE­TEC) is re­spons­ible for cer­ti­fic­ates as spe­cified in Art­icle 7 para­graph 1 let­ter a num­bers 1 and 4, and let­ter b.

2 The Fed­er­al De­part­ment of Home Af­fairs (FDHA) is re­spons­ible for cer­ti­fic­ates as spe­cified in Art­icle 7 para­graph 1 let­ter a num­bers 2 and 3, and para­graph 2.

3 The De­part­ment shall define:

a.

the con­tent, scope and pro­ced­ure for ex­am­in­a­tions;

b.

the doc­u­ment­a­tion re­quire­ments for ex­amin­ing bod­ies.

4 The De­part­ment or its des­ig­nated agency shall spe­cify the ex­amin­ing bod­ies that con­duct ex­am­in­a­tions and is­sue cer­ti­fic­ates.

5 DE­TEC shall provide op­por­tun­it­ies for pre­par­a­tion for ex­am­in­a­tions with­in its sphere of re­spons­ib­il­ity.