Federal Act
on Controlling Communicable Human Diseases
(Epidemics Act, EpidA)

¹ In the case of activ­it­ies with patho­gens in con­tained sys­tems, all the con­tain­ment meas­ures that are re­quired to pre­vent a risk to the pop­u­la­tion must be taken.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall in­tro­duce a re­gis­tra­tion or li­cens­ing ob­lig­a­tion; it shall reg­u­late the re­quire­ments and the pro­ced­ure.

³ It may sim­pli­fy the re­gis­tra­tion or li­cens­ing ob­lig­a­tion or provide for ex­cep­tions in the case of spe­cif­ic patho­gens and activ­it­ies if cur­rent sci­entif­ic know­ledge and ex­per­i­ence in­dic­ate that there is no risk to health.