Basis for appointing the SECB

• Art. 29g of the Federal Act on the Protection of the Environment (Environmental Protection Act, EPA)
• Art. 22 of the Federal Act on Non-Human Gene Technology (Gene Technology Act, GTA) 
• Art. 57 of the Epidemics Act (EpidA) (in German)

Regulating the tasks and organisation of the SECB

• Ordinance on the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety (in German)
• Ordinance on the organisation of the government and the administration (in German)

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)
• Ordinance on Clinical Trials in Human Research (Clinical Trials Ordinance, ClinO)
• Ordinance on Transplantation of Human Organs, Tissues and Cells (Transplantation Ordinance) (in German)
• Ordinance on Transplantation of Animal Organs, Tissues and Cells (Xenotransplantation Ordinance) (in German)