Chemicals Ordinance (ChemO)
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Chapter 1 Repeal and Amendment of other Legislatio
Art. 91 Repeal of other legislation
The Chemicals Ordinance of 18 May 2005 shall be repealed.
[AS 2005 2721; 2007 821; 2009 401, 805, 1135; 2010 5223; 2011 5227; 2012 6103; 2013 201, 3041 No I 3; 2014 2073 Annex 11 No 1, 3857]
Art. 92 Amendment of other legislation
The amendment of other legislation is regulated in Annex 6.
Chapter 2 Transitional Provisions
Art. 93
1 For preparations that were packaged and labelled in accordance with Articles 35–50 of the Chemicals Ordinance of 18 May 2005 before the commencement of this Ordinance, the following transitional provisions apply: a. They may be supplied until 31 May 2017 if a safety data sheet was compiled for them in accordance with Article 19 of this Ordinance and they were reported in accordance with Article 48 of this Ordinance; if the preparations concerned are liquid laundry detergents contained in soluble packaging for private users which do not meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1297/2014, they may only be supplied until 31 December 2015. b. Double labelling in accordance with Articles 35–50 of the Chemicals Ordinance of 18 May 2005 and with Article 10 of the present Ordinance is not permissible. c. For handling, the provisions of Title 4 of this Ordinance apply. 2 Aerosol dispensers that were packaged and labelled before the commencement of this Ordinance, do not fall within the sco
Para. 1 — [AS 2005 2721; 2007 821; 2009 401, 805, 1135; 2010 5223; 2011 5227; 2012 6103; 2013 201, 3041 No I 3; 2014 2073 Annex 11 No 1, 3857] Para. 1 let. a — Commission Regulation (EU) No 1297/2014 of 5 December 2014 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, OJ L 350 of 6.12.2014, p. 1. Para. 2 — SR 817.0
Art. 93a Transitional provisions to the amendment of 31 January 2018
1 Manufacturers of substances, preparations and nanomaterials referred to in Article 48 which have already been placed on the market at the date of entry into force of the amendment of 31 January 2018 and which are placed on the market again after the entry into force of the amendment of 31 January 2 shall comply with the notification requirement laid down in Articles 48–54 no later than three months after they are placed on the market again. 2 ...
Art. 93a — Inserted by No I of the O of 31 Jan. 2018, in force since 1 March 2018 (AS 2018 801). Para. 2 — Repealed by Annex No 1 of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, with effect from 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 5125).
Art. 93b Transitional provision to the Amendment of 18 November 2020
Manufacturers may continue to place the following preparations on the market until 31 December 2025 at the latest without indicating the UFI in accordance with Article 15a, notwithstanding that these do not have a UFI on 1 January 2022: a. preparations intended for professional users; b. preparations intended for private users that are placed on the market before 1 January 2022.
Art. 93b — Inserted by Annex No 1 of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 5125).
Art. 93c Transitional provision to the Amendment of 11 March 2022
1 Substances and preparations may be supplied to third parties with the previous labelling until 31 December 2025. 2 If a manufacturer intends to conduct tests on vertebrates, it must by 31 October 2023 comply with the advance enquiry obligation in accordance with Article 31 paragraphs 1 and 2 for any substance that was placed on the market before this amendment comes into force and which is now subject to the notification obligation. If it complies with this obligation, it may continue to place the substance on the market without notification until 30 April 2027. The Notification Authority may extend the period by a maximum of two years. If two or more manufacturers intend to give notification of the same substance, the Notification Authority shall inform the manufacturers of this immediately on expiry of the deadline for the advance enquiry. Article 31 paragraph 4 applies by analogy. 3 New substances for which notification was not given before this amendment comes into force and whic
Art. 93c — Inserted by No I of the O of 11 March 2022, in force since 1 May 2022 (AS 2022 220). Para. 4 — Amended by Annex 5 No II 1 of the O of 15 Nov. 2023 on Placing Fertilisers on the Market, in force since 1 Jan. 2024 (AS 2023 711). Para. 4 let. a — Amended by Annex 5 No II 1 of the O of 15 Nov. 2023 on Placing Fertilisers on the Market, in force since 1 Jan. 2024 (AS 2023 711).
Chapter 3 Commencement
Art. 94
This Ordinance comes into force on 1 July 2015.
