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

¹ Or­gan­isms must be handled in such a way that they, their meta­bol­ic products or wastes:

a.

can­not en­danger the en­vir­on­ment or people;

b.

do not harm bio­lo­gic­al di­versity or its sus­tain­able use.

² The hand­ling of ge­net­ic­ally mod­i­fied or­gan­isms is gov­erned by the Gene Tech­no­logy Act of 21 March 2003⁴².

³ Reg­u­la­tions in oth­er fed­er­al acts that serve to pro­tect people’s health against im­me­di­ate danger from or­gan­isms are re­served.