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

¹ Sub­stances and pre­par­a­tions may be re­leased dir­ectly in­to the en­vir­on­ment only to the ex­tent that is ne­ces­sary for the in­ten­ded use.

² To this end, users must:

a.

use equip­ment al­low­ing cor­rect and ac­cur­ate ap­plic­a­tion;

b.

take meas­ures to pre­vent sub­stances and pre­par­a­tions, as far as pos­sible, from en­ter­ing sur­round­ing areas or wa­ter­bod­ies; and

c.

take meas­ures to en­sure that, as far as pos­sible, an­im­als, plants, their bio­lo­gic­al com­munit­ies and hab­it­ats are not threatened.

³ Pre­par­a­tions may be re­leased dir­ectly in­to the en­vir­on­ment only for the uses spe­cified by the man­u­fac­turer.