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Art. 1 Subject matter
This Ordinance regulates the due diligence and reporting obligations to be complied with by companies under Articles 964j–964l CO in relation to minerals and metals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas and in relation to child labour.
Art. 2 Definitions
(Art. 964j para. 1 CO) 1 In this Ordinance: a. undertakings means natural persons, legal entities and partnerships whose seat, domicile, head office or principal place of business is in Switzerland and that operate a business; b. supply chain means a process that includes an undertaking's own business activity and that of all upstream economic operators that: 1. have possession of minerals or metals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas and that are involved in their shipment, treatment and processing in the final product, 2. offer products or services in relation to which there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they have been manufactured or provided using child labour; c. minerals means ores and concentrates containing tin, tantalum or tungsten, as well as gold as specified in Annex 1 Part A, also in the form of by-products; d. metals means metals containing or consisting of tin, tantalum or tungsten, as well as gold as specified in Annex 1 Part A, also in the f
Para. 1 let. f let. 1 — SR 0.822.728.2 Para. 1 let. f let. 2 — SR 0.822.723.8