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

In this Or­din­ance, without pre­ju­dice to spe­cif­ic defin­i­tions giv­en in the An­nexes:¹⁴

a.

man­u­fac­turer means any nat­ur­al or leg­al per­son who man­u­fac­tures, ex­tracts or im­ports sub­stances, pre­par­a­tions or art­icles on a pro­fes­sion­al or com­mer­cial basis; also deemed to be a man­u­fac­turer is any per­son who ob­tains sub­stances, pre­par­a­tions or art­icles in Switzer­land and sup­plies them on a pro­fes­sion­al or com­mer­cial basis, without al­ter­ing their com­pos­i­tion, un­der his own trade name or for some oth­er pur­pose; if a per­son ar­ranges for the man­u­fac­ture of a sub­stance, pre­par­a­tion or art­icle in Switzer­land by a third party, this per­son is deemed to be the sole man­u­fac­turer if he is dom­i­ciled or has a re­gistered of­fice in Switzer­land;

b.

trader means any nat­ur­al or leg­al per­son who ob­tains sub­stances, pre­par­a­tions or art­icles in Switzer­land and sup­plies them on a com­mer­cial basis without al­ter­ing their com­pos­i­tion.