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Biotechnology in SwitzerlandBiotechnology in Switzerland
FOENFederal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
• Activities
• Responsibilities and Competences
• Objectives of GMO Regulation
• Key Elements of Regulation
• Activities
• Responsibilities and Competences
• Objectives of GMO Regulation
• Key Elements of Regulation
General ViewGeneral ViewFOEN
A
Marketing
• Seeds• Food/Feed• Pesticides• Medical products• Other
Gene Therapies
1 since 1999
0 since 19994010
5 since 2002
Number of notifications and authorisations
Type
Experimental Releases
Contained Use
Activities
> 200 per year
B
C
G
Competent AuthoritiesCompetent AuthoritiesFOEN
Animal Vaccines
FoodBiocides
Seeds FeedFertilisers Pesticides
Experimental Releases
Gene TherapiesMedicaments Vaccines
Federal Office of AgricultureFederal Office of Agriculture
Federal Office of Public Health
+Swissmedic
Federal Office of Public Health
+Swissmedic
Federal Veterinary Office
Federal Veterinary Office
Federal Office for theEnvironment
Federal Office for theEnvironment
FOEN
Coordination of enforcementFOEN is the competent authority: field release experiments
FOEN
Ap
plic
ant
Statement
• Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety (SECB)
• Swiss Ethics Committee on Non-human Gene Technology (ECNH)
• Cantonal competent authority
Human Health Animal Health
SFOA SFOPH FVO
Agriculture
Application
Decision
Statement
FOENBiotechnology
Unit
Areas of ActivitiesAreas of ActivitiesFOEN
Contained Use
AccidentsPrevention
SecretariatExperts
Committee
EthicalIssues
SecretariatEthics
Committee
BiotechnologyCoordination
Centre
Swiss BiosafetyClearing House
GeneTherapies
EnvironmentalGMO Monitoring
WebsitePublic Information
Releases andMarketing
Access to GeneticResources and Benefit Sharing
Federal Law on Non-human
Gene Technology
Containment Ordinance
Ordinance on Transboundary Movements of GMO
Legal BasesLegal BasesFOEN
Federal Law on the Protection
of the Environment
Release Ordinance
Ordinance on Accident Prevention
Experts Committee Ordinance
Ethics Committee Ordinance
Federal Law on Epidemics
Objectives of GMO RegulationObjectives of GMO RegulationFOEN
SafetySafety • Protect humans, animals and the environment• Conserve biodiversity and sustainable use thereof
EthicsEthics • Respect the dignity of living beings
QualityQuality
TransparencyTransparency
• Protect GMO-free production• Enable freedom of choice for consumers• Prevent product fraud
• Allow free access to non-confidential information• Promote public information
Current situation in SwitzerlandCurrent situation in SwitzerlandFOEN
•On November 27, 2005, Switzerland voted a 5-yearmoratorium (ban) for commercial cultivation ofgenetically engineered plants and animals (= in agriculture).
•The moratorium does not apply:For research using GMOs (even for field trials)For import of GMOs for food or feed or for processing.