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

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may en­act reg­u­la­tions on sub­stances which, due to their prop­er­ties, meth­od of use or the quant­it­ies used, may present a danger to the en­vir­on­ment or in­dir­ectly en­danger people.

² These reg­u­la­tions re­late in par­tic­u­lar to:

a.

sub­stances that enter the en­vir­on­ment due to their in­ten­ded pur­pose, such as herb­i­cides and pesti­cides, in­clud­ing wood pre­ser­vat­ives and stock pre­ser­vat­ives, fer­til­isers, growth reg­u­lat­ors, road salts and pro­pel­lants;

b.

sub­stances or their de­riv­at­ives that can ac­cu­mu­late in the en­vir­on­ment, such as chlor­in­ated or­gan­ic com­pounds and heavy metals.