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930.111.4Federal Council ordinanceKeepCompleted

Ordonnance du 31 octobre 2012 relative à la mise sur le marché et à la surveillance du marché des contenants de marchandises dangereuses (Ordonnance sur les contenants de marchandises dangereuses, OCMD)

Federal Council ordinanceLanguage DEDocument 31 October 2012In force 1 January 2013
Published verdict
Keep

The law broadly serves citizens without excessive burden.

Summary

This ordinance governs the placing on the market, conformity assessment, re-evaluation, periodic and extraordinary inspections, and market surveillance of containers used to transport dangerous goods by road, rail, and cableway. It applies to manufacturers, importers, distributors, owners, and operators in Switzerland, ties market access to compliance with ADR/RID-based technical rules, mandates designated conformity-assessment bodies and Pi marking for portable pressure equipment, and gives the Federal Office of Transport broad inspection, information, access, and enforcement powers.

Verdict reason
Dangerous-goods containers are a high-risk infrastructure where failure can impose severe harms on third parties. This ordinance uses clear ex ante conformity rules, recurring inspections, traceability, and market surveillance tied to established ADR/RID standards; if it disappeared, the resulting loss of a common safety and interoperability regime would leave Swiss citizens materially worse off.
Review details
Status
Completed
Model
gpt-5.4
Method
better-switzerland-v2
Attempts
1
Input tokens
9956
Output tokens
188
Total tokens
10144
Estimated cost
$0.0277
Record metadata
Document date
31 October 2012
Entry into force
1 January 2013
Applicability
1 January 2026
Type
Federal Council ordinance
Display ID
930.111.4
Canonical record
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2012/797
Family URI
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2012/797
Language
DE
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