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

¹ The as­sess­ment au­thor­it­ies, with­in their area of com­pet­ence, shall as­sess wheth­er:

a.

the sub­mis­sion is com­plete or if not, wheth­er the reas­ons giv­en by the no­ti­fi­er are val­id;

b.

the data is sci­en­tific­ally plaus­ible;

c.

the test re­ports are based on tests meet­ing the re­quire­ments spe­cified in Art­icle 43.

² If, when re­view­ing the no­ti­fic­a­tion dossier, an as­sess­ment au­thor­ity de­term­ines that a sub­stance poses a par­tic­u­lar risk for hu­man health or the en­vir­on­ment, on ac­count of its dan­ger­ous nature, its prop­er­ties, its fore­see­able use or the quant­ity placed on the mar­ket, the au­thor­ity may con­duct a tar­geted risk as­sess­ment be­fore ac­cept­ing the no­ti­fic­a­tion.

³ The as­sess­ment au­thor­it­ies shall re­port the res­ults of their re­view to the No­ti­fic­a­tion Au­thor­ity.