Federal Act
on the Protection of the Environment
(Environmental Protection Act, EPA)

¹ Any per­son who puts sub­stances in­to cir­cu­la­tion must:

a.

in­form re­cip­i­ents about their en­vir­on­ment-re­lated prop­er­ties;

b.

provide re­cip­i­ents with in­struc­tions so that, when the sub­stances are handled cor­rectly, they do not present a danger to the en­vir­on­ment or in­dir­ectly en­danger people.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil is­sues reg­u­la­tions on the nature, con­tent and ex­tent of the in­form­a­tion giv­en to re­cip­i­ents.³⁶