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

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of 5 June 2015 (Status as of 1 February 2022)


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Art. 4 Persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity

1 Sub­stances are con­sidered per­sist­ent, bioac­cu­mu­lat­ive and tox­ic (PBT) if they ful­fil the cri­ter­ia defined in Sec­tions 1.1.1–1.1.3 of An­nex XIII to the REACH Reg­u­la­tion29.

2 Sub­stances are con­sidered very per­sist­ent and very bioac­cu­mu­lat­ive (vPvB) if they ful­fil the cri­ter­ia defined in Sec­tions 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 of An­nex XIII to the REACH Reg­u­la­tion.

29 See foot­note to Art. 2 para. 4.

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