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

If the sub­stance quant­ity placed on the mar­ket is 1 tonne per year or more and if the new sub­stance is ex­empt from no­ti­fic­a­tion un­der Art­icle 26 para­graph 1 let­ter d, the man­u­fac­turer or his ex­clus­ive rep­res­ent­at­ive must de­clare the new sub­stance to the No­ti­fic­a­tion Au­thor­ity be­fore pla­cing it on the mar­ket for the first time either on its own or as a con­stitu­ent in a pre­par­a­tion or ob­ject from which the sub­stance is in­ten­ded to be re­leased un­der nor­mal or reas­on­ably fore­see­able con­di­tions of use.