813.12OBPFederal Council OrdinanceAug 1, 2005Original source
For the applicant’s obligation to make advance enquiries so as to avoid tests on vertebrates, Article 31 paragraph 1 and Article 32 paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of the ChemO1applymutatis mutandis ; where reference is made in the ChemO to the notification of a substance, this shall be understood for the purposes of this Ordinance as the authorisation of a biocidal product, and where reference is made in the ChemO to the previous notifiers, this shall be understood for the purposes of this Ordinance as the data owners.2
When making advance enquiries, the applicant must provide evidence that he intends to apply for an authorisation himself.