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Ordinance on Biocidal Products (OBP)
SR 813.12 — Ordinance of 18 May 2005 on the Placing on the Market and Handling of Biocidal Products (Ordinance on Biocidal Products, OBP).
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English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.
English consolidation of 1 December 2025, which is also the date of the current binding text.

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Preamble
The Swiss Federal Council,
based on the Chemicals Act of 15 December 2000 (ChemA),on Articles 29, 29d paragraph 4 and 30b paragraphs 1 and 2 letter a of the Environmental Protection Act of 7 October 1983 (EPA),and on Article 17 of the Gene Technology Act of 21 March 2003 (GTA)and in implementation of the Federal Act of 6 October 1995 on Technical Barriers to Trade,
ordains:
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SR 813.1
SR 814.01
SR 814.91
SR 946.51

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Contents
1. General Provisions — 4 articles
2. Indicators of Environmental Risks due to the Use of Biocidal Products in accordance with Article 25a ChemA — 1 article
3. Conditions for Placing on the Market — 51 articles
4. Declaration Requirement for Quantities of Biocidal Products placed on the Market — 1 article
5. Treated Articles — 4 articles
6. Manufacturing and Commercial Secrecy, Privacy and Safety of the Person Concerned — 2 articles
7. Classification, Packaging, Denaturation, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet — 8 articles
8. Handling of Biocidal Products — 11 articles
9. Enforcement — 13 articles
10. Final Provisions — 7 articles

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