Legal Bases

Activities involving the deliberate use of pathogenic or genetically modified (micro)-organisms are regulated by the “Ordinance on Handling Organisms in Contained Systems” Containment Ordinance (ContainO) of 9 May 2012 (Status as of 1 January 2020) and by the “Ordinance on the Protection of Employees from Dangerous Microorganisms” of August 25, 1999 (Status as of 1 January 2020).
Operational safety concepts according to Containment Ordinance (Guideline for enforcing the Containment Ordinance. State 2019)

Duties of_the Biosafety Officers and of the Laboratory and Project Managers
Molecular Markers in Genetically Modified Organisms (Full version, German only)