Commentaries: Art. 36

Biocidal products and active substances for use in biocidal products must be packaged in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the ChemO¹mutatis mutandis . Where the ChemO refers:²
1. to the manufacturer, this shall be understood for the purposes of this Ordinance as the authorisation holder;
2. to dangerous substances and preparations, this shall be understood for the purposes of this Ordinance as all biocidal products and active substances for use in biocidal products.
Where appropriate, the information included in the ruling referred to in Article 20 shall be taken into account.
Biocidal products which may be mistaken for foodstuffs within the meaning of the Foodstuffs Act of 20 June 2014³or for animal feedstuffs within the meaning of Article 3 paragraph 1 of the Feedstuffs Ordinance of 26 May 1999⁴must be packaged to minimise the likelihood of such a mistake being made.⁵

SR 813.11 ↩
Amended by Annex 10 No II 3 of the Plant Protection Products Ordinance of 20 Aug. 2025, in force since 1 Dec. 2025 (AS 2025 565). ↩
SR 817.0 . 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 ). ↩
[AS 1999 1780,2748Annex 5 No 6; 2001 3294No II 14; 2002 4065; 2003 4927; 2005 973,2695No II 19,5555; 2007 4477No IV 70; 2008 3655,4377Annex 5 No 14; 2009 2599; 2011 2405.AS 2011 5409Art. 77]. See now: the O of 26 Oct. 2011 (SR 916.307 ). ↩
Correction of 23 Dec. 2014 (AS 2014 4719). ↩

Art. 36