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 fol­low­ing activ­it­ies may only be car­ried out on a pro­fes­sion­al or com­mer­cial basis by nat­ur­al per­sons with an ap­pro­pri­ate cer­ti­fic­ate or with a qual­i­fic­a­tion re­garded as equi­val­ent, or act­ing un­der the su­per­vi­sion of such per­sons:

a.

the use of:

1.

plant pro­tec­tion products,

2.

pesti­cides on be­half of third parties,

3.

dis­in­fect­ants for use in pub­lic swim­ming pools,

4.

wood pre­ser­vat­ives;

b.²⁰

the hand­ling of re­fri­ger­ants dur­ing:

1.

the man­u­fac­ture, in­stall­a­tion, main­ten­ance or dis­pos­al of re­fri­ger­a­tion, air con­di­tion­ing or heat re­cov­ery ap­pli­ances or sys­tems,

2.

the dis­pos­al of re­fri­ger­ants.

2 Pest con­trol with fu­mig­ants may only be car­ried out by nat­ur­al per­sons with an ap­pro­pri­ate cer­ti­fic­ate or with a qual­i­fic­a­tion re­garded as equi­val­ent.

3 The com­pet­ent Fed­er­al De­part­ment shall spe­cify de­tailed re­quire­ments for cer­ti­fic­ates. It may provide for ex­emp­tions to au­thor­isa­tion re­quire­ments and spe­cify a time lim­it for cer­ti­fic­ates for pest con­trol with fu­mig­ants. In its reg­u­la­tions it shall take ac­count of the pro­tec­tion goals.