Chemical Risk Reduction Ordinance (ORRChem)
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Art. 1 Purpose and scope
1 This Ordinance: a. prohibits or restricts the use of the particularly dangerous substances, preparations and articles covered by the Annexes; b. specifies the personal and professional qualifications required for the use of certain particularly dangerous substances, preparations and articles. 2 Without prejudice to specific disposal requirements laid down in this Ordinance, substances, preparations and articles which are waste, as defined in Article 7 paragraph 6 EPA, are subject to: a. the Waste Management Ordinance of 4 December 2015; b. the Ordinance of 22 June 2005 on Movements of Waste; and c. the Ordinance of 14 January 1998 on the Return, Take-Back and Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment. 3 This Ordinance does not apply to: a. the transport of substances, preparations and articles by road, rail, water, air or pipelines; b. the transit of substances, preparations and articles under customs supervision, provided that they do not undergo any processing or transformati
Para. 2 let. a — Amended by Annex 6 No 11 of the Waste Management Ordinance of 4 Dec. 2015, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 5699). Para. 2 let. a — SR 814.600 Para. 2 let. b — Amended by Annex 3 No II 8 of the O of 22 June 2005 on Movements of Waste, in force since 1 Jan. 2006 (AS 2005 4199). Para. 2 let. b — SR 814.610 Para. 2 let. c — SR 814.620 Para. 3 let. b — Amended by Annex 4 No 45 of the Customs Ordinance of 1 Nov. 2006, in force since 1 May 2007 (AS 2007 1469).
Art. 2 Definitions
In this Ordinance, without prejudice to specific definitions given in the Annexes: a. manufacturer means any natural or legal person who manufactures, extracts or imports substances, preparations or articles on a professional or commercial basis; also deemed to be a manufacturer is any person who obtains substances, preparations or articles in Switzerland and supplies them on a professional or commercial basis, without altering their composition, under his own trade name or for some other purpose; if a person arranges for the manufacture of a substance, preparation or article in Switzerland by a third party, this person is deemed to be the sole manufacturer if he is domiciled or has a registered office in Switzerland; b. trader means any natural or legal person who obtains substances, preparations or articles in Switzerland and supplies them on a commercial basis without altering their composition.
Amended by No I of the O of 7 Nov. 2012, in force since 1 Dec. 2012 (AS 2012 6161).
