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

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall is­sue fur­ther reg­u­la­tions on hand­ling of or­gan­isms, their meta­bol­ic products and wastes if, due to their prop­er­ties, the form of their use or the quant­ity used, the prin­ciples con­tained in Art­icle 29a may be breached.

² It may in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

reg­u­late the trans­port and the im­port, ex­port and trans­it of the or­gan­isms;

b.

de­clare hand­ling cer­tain or­gan­isms to be sub­ject to au­thor­isa­tion, or re­strict or pro­hib­it such hand­ling;

c.

stip­u­late meas­ures to com­bat cer­tain or­gan­isms or to pre­vent their oc­cur­rence;

d.

stip­u­late meas­ures to pre­vent any harm to bio­lo­gic­al di­versity and its sus­tain­able use;

e.

re­quire long-term stud­ies in­to the hand­ling of cer­tain or­gan­isms;

f.

re­quire pub­lic hear­ings in con­nec­tion with li­cens­ing pro­ced­ures.