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

¹ Sub­stances re­ferred to in Art­icle 57 of the REACH Reg­u­la­tion¹²¹ are deemed to be of very high con­cern if they are in­cluded in An­nex 3 (can­did­ate list).

² The Fed­er­al Of­fice for the En­vir­on­ment (FOEN) shall de­cide, in con­sulta­tion with the Fed­er­al Of­fice of Pub­lic Health (FOPH) and the State Sec­ret­ari­at for Eco­nom­ic Af­fairs (SECO), wheth­er a can­did­ate list sub­stance lis­ted in An­nex XIV to the REACH Reg­u­la­tion is to be in­cluded in An­nex 1.17 to the OR­RChem¹²².