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

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

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


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Art. 42 Principle

1 Man­u­fac­tur­ers must en­sure that the con­duct of the tests re­quired for as­sess­ment of the haz­ards and risks of sub­stances and pre­par­a­tions, the meth­ods used and the as­sess­ment of test res­ults are in ac­cord­ance with the cur­rent state of sci­entif­ic and tech­nic­al know­ledge.

1bis They must not carry out tests on ver­teb­rates if the haz­ards can be as­sessed by oth­er meth­ods or if the test is not ne­ces­sary from a sci­entif­ic point of view.76

2 The FDHA, DE­TEC and the EAER may reg­u­late tech­nic­al de­tails in their re­spect­ive areas of com­pet­ence.

76 In­ser­ted by No I of the O of 31 Jan. 2018, in force since 1 March 2018 (AS 2018 801).

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