Commentaries: Art. 1a

This Ordinance applies to biocidal products and treated articles. In the absence of provisions to the contrary, biocidal product families are deemed to be equivalent to biocidal products.
With regard to biocidal products and treated articles consisting of or containing pathogenic microorganisms, the provisions of this Ordinance on placing on the market are also applicable to import for non-professional or non-commercial purposes.
This Ordinance does not apply to:
1. biocidal products or treated articles which are placed on the market solely in accordance with legislation on therapeutic products, foodstuffs, feedstuffs or plant protection products for the specified purposes;
2. the transit of biocidal products or treated articles under customs supervision, provided that they do not undergo any processing or transformation;
3. the transport of biocidal products or treated articles by road, rail, water, air or pipelines;
4. foodstuffs or feedstuffs used as repellents or attractants;
5. biocidal products used as processing aids as defined in Article 3 paragraph 2 letter i of the Feedstuffs Ordinance of 26 October 2011¹(FsO) and in Article 2 paragraph 1 No 23 of the Foodstuffs and Utility Articles Ordinance of 16 December 2016²(FUO)³;
f⁴ .
For imported biocidal products and treated articles that are simply relabelled and exported otherwise unmodified, Articles 42 and 45 apply.⁵
For biocidal products and treated articles that are exported and which contain hazardous substances or preparations, the PIC Ordinance of 10 November 2004⁶applies.⁷

SR 916.307 ↩
SR 817.02 ↩
The reference was amended on 1 May 2017 pursuant to Art. 12 para. 2 of the Publications Act of 18 June 2004 (SR 170.512 ). ↩
Repealed by No III 2 of the O of 22 March 2017, with effect from 1 May 2017 (AS 2017 2593). ↩
Inserted by No III 2 of the O of 22 March 2017, in force since 1 May 2017 (AS 2017 2593). ↩
SR 814.82 ↩
Inserted by No III 2 of the O of 22 March 2017, in force since 1 May 2017 (AS 2017 2593). ↩

Art. 1a

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