Legal Bases

Federal Act on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Chemicals Act, ChemA) of 15 December 2000 (Status as of 1 January 2017)

Ordinance on Protection against Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Chemicals Ordinance, ChemO) of 5 June 2015 (Status as of 1 April 2020)

Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance, ORRChem of 18 May 2005 (Status as of 1 June 2020)

Ordinance on Good Laboratory Practice (OGLP)” of May 18, 2005 (Status as of 1 December 2012)

Environmental Protection Act, EPA of 7 October 1983 (Status as of 1 March 2020)

Waters Protection Act, WPA of 24 January 1991 (Status as of 1 January 2020)

Waters Protection Ordinance, WPO of 28 October 1998 (Status as of 1 April 2020)

Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC) of 16 December 1985 (Status as of 1 June 2018)

Ordinance on the Incentive Tax on Volatile Organic Compounds (OVOC) of 12 November 1997 (Status as of 1 January 2018)

Ordinance on Waste Transport, VeVA of 22 June 2005 (Status as of 1 January 2020)

Ordinance on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Road (SDR) of 29 November 2002 (Status as of 1 January 2019)

European Convention on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road ADR of 20 July 1972  (Status as of 19 June 2019)

Ordinance on Dangerous Goods Supervisors for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail and Waters (Dangerous Goods Supervisor Ordinance, GGBV) vom 15. Juni 2001 (Stand am 1. Juli 2016)