Preamble

The Swiss Federal Council, based on the Chemicals Act of 15 December 2000¹(ChemA),
on Articles 29, 29d paragraph 4 and 30b paragraphs 1 and 2 letter a of the Environmental Protection Act of 7 October 1983²(EPA),
and on Article 17 of the Gene Technology Act of 21 March 2003³(GTA)
and in implementation of the Federal Act of 6 October 1995⁴on Technical Barriers to Trade, ordains: