Cartagena Ordinance (CartO)
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Art. 1 Scope of application
1 This Ordinance regulates the transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms. 2 It does not apply to the transboundary movements of pharmaceutical products intended for human consumption that contain genetically modified organisms.
Art. 2 Definitions
In this Ordinance: a. handling in the environment means any handling in the environment in terms of Article 3 letter i of the Release Ordinance of 10 September 2008 (RO); b. genetically modified organism means any organism that has been genetically modified in terms of Article 3 letter d RO; c. contained system means a contained system within the meaning of Article 3 letter d of the Containment Ordinance of 9 May 2012 (ContainO); d. transboundary movement means the import, export or transit of genetically modified organisms; e. Biosafety Clearing House means an international exchange centre for the prevention of biotechnological risks in terms of Article 20 of the Cartagena Protocol.
let. a — Amended by Annex 5 No 7 of the Release Ordinance of 10 Sept. 2008, in force since 1 Oct. 2008 (SR 814.911). let. a — SR 814.911 let. b — Amended by Annex 5 No 7 of the Release Ordinance of 10 Sept. 2008, in force since 1 Oct. 2008 (AS 2008 4377). let. c — Amended by Annex 5 No 11 of the Containment Ordinance of 9 May 2012, in force since 1 June 2012 (AS 2012 2777). let. c — SR 814.912