1 Any person who produces, breeds, keeps, manages or trades in genetically modified animals requires cantonal authorisation. Any person who produces, breeds, keeps or trades in such animals for the purpose of research, therapy or diagnostics requires cantonal authorisation in accordance with Article 19 paragraph 1. In other cases, the authorisation procedure is based on the provisions governing animal experiments and on the Gene Technology Act of 21 March 200316.
2 Having consulted the interested parties, the Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology, the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety and the Swiss Committee on Animal Experiments, the Federal Council shall define the criteria for weighing the implications of producing, breeding, housing and using genetically modified animals and trading in such animals.
3 The Federal Council regulates the requirements binding on the institutes in which activities as defined in the second sentence of paragraph 1 are carried out, and in particular the requirements with regard to infrastructure, personnel, supervision and documentation.
4 It may allow exemptions from the authorisation requirement or simplifications in the authorisation procedure, particularly if it is certain that the animals will not experience pain, suffering or harm, or develop behavioural disorders as a result of the production and breeding methods and that their dignity will otherwise be taken into account.
1 Tgi che producescha, tira, tegna, dovra u fa commerzi cun animals modifitgads geneticamain dovra ina permissiun chantunala. Tgi che producescha, tira, tegna u fa commerzi cun tals animals per intents da perscrutaziun, da terapia e da diagnostica, dovra ina permissiun chantunala tenor l’artitgel 19 alinea 1. En ils auters cas sa drizza la procedura da permissiun tenor las disposiziuns davart experiments cun animals e tenor la Lescha dals 21 da mars 200316 davart la tecnica genetica.
2 Suenter avair consultà ils circuls interessads, la Cumissiun federala d’etica per la biotecnologia en il sectur betg uman, la Cumissiun federala spezialisada per la segirezza biologica e la Cumissiun federala per ils experiments cun animals fixescha il Cussegl federal criteris che permettan da considerar ils interess cun producir, cun trair, cun tegnair e cun duvrar animals modifitgads geneticamain sco er cun far commerzi cun tals animals.
3 Il Cussegl federal regla las pretensiuns als instituts, en ils quals vegnan realisadas activitads tenor l’alinea 1 segunda frasa, en spezial las pretensiuns a l’infrastructura, al persunal, a la surveglianza ed a la documentaziun.
4 Il Cussegl federal po prevair excepziuns da l’obligaziun da dumandar ina permissiun ubain simplificaziuns en la procedura da permissiun particularmain, sch’igl è cler, ch’i na resultan betg dolurs, suffrientschas, donns u disturbis dal cumportament tar ils animals, pervia da las metodas da producziun u da tratga, e sch’i vegn tegnì quint da la dignitad da l’animal en in’autra moda.
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