Ordinance
on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations
(Chemicals Ordinance, ChemO)

¹ If the No­ti­fic­a­tion Au­thor­ity finds that a new sub­stance has already been no­ti­fied in Switzer­land, it shall in­form the no­ti­fi­er of the names and ad­dresses of the earli­er no­ti­fi­ers.⁷⁰

^1bis The No­ti­fic­a­tion Au­thor­ity may refer to data from a pre­vi­ous no­ti­fi­er in­stead of data pro­duced by the no­ti­fi­er if:

a.

the new no­ti­fi­er proves with a let­ter of ac­cess from a pre­vi­ous no­ti­fi­er that the lat­ter agrees to the No­ti­fic­a­tion Au­thor­ity con­sult­ing its data; or

b.

the data pro­tec­tion peri­od has ex­pired.⁷¹

² The no­ti­fi­er must not refer to data from pre­vi­ous no­ti­fi­ers re­gard­ing:

a.

the iden­tity and pur­ity of the sub­stance and the nature of any im­pur­it­ies;

b.

ac­tion to render the sub­stance harm­less.

³ The rules of com­pet­i­tion and in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­erty law are not af­fected by the pro­vi­sions of this sec­tion.