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Eidgenössische Ethikkommission für die Biotechnologie im Ausserhumanbereich EKAH
Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety SECB
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Legal foundations
Federal Acts
Basis for appointing the SECB
- Art. 29g
of the Federal Act on the Protection of the Environment (Environmental Protection Act, EPA) - Art. 29e of the Epidemics Act (EpidA)
(in German) - Art. 22 of the Federal Act on Non-Human Gene Technology (Gene Technology Act, GTA)
Federal Ordinances
Regulating the tasks and organisation of the SECB
- Federal Ordinance on the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety (in German)
Not legally binding English translation (rtf, 80 KB)
English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.
Putting the tasks of the SECB into more concrete terms
- Ordinance on Handling Organisms in Contained Systems (Containment Ordinance, ContainO)
- Ordinance on Handling Organisms in the Environment (Release Ordinance, RO)
- Ordinance on Protection of Employees from Dangerous Microorganisms (PEMO) (in German)
- Ordinance on Protection against Major Accidents (Major Accidents Ordinance, MAO)
Last updated on: 04.06.2013