Ordinance
on Air Pollution Control
(OAPC)

¹ The FOEN shall mon­it­or com­pli­ance with the reg­u­la­tions con­cern­ing pla­cing con­struc­tion ma­chines, particle fil­ter sys­tems, and ma­chines and equip­ment with in­tern­al com­bus­tion en­gines on the mar­ket. It shall mon­it­or in par­tic­u­lar:⁴⁵

a.

wheth­er the in­form­a­tion giv­en in the de­clar­a­tion of con­form­ity is cor­rect; or

b.⁴⁶

wheth­er the in­tern­al com­bus­tion en­gines of the ma­chines and equip­ment which bear an ap­prov­al mark con­form to the type-ap­proved en­gine or to the type-ap­proved en­gine fam­ily.

² It may en­trust con­trol tasks to pub­lic en­tit­ies and private spe­cial­ist or­gan­isa­tions.

³ If the in­stall­a­tions con­trolled do not meet the re­quire­ments, the FOEN shall or­der the ne­ces­sary meas­ures. In ser­i­ous cases, it may pro­hib­it fur­ther of­fer­ing or mar­ket­ing, or re­quest the modi­fic­a­tion of in­stall­a­tions already mar­keted.