Art. 3 – Safety measures

Art. 3

Safety measures²⁵

The person responsible for an establishment, a transport route or a pipeline installation shall take all appropriate measures to reduce risk that are available in accordance with the state of the art of safety technology, supplemented by personal experience, and which are economically viable. These shall include measures to reduce the hazard potential, to prevent major accidents and to limit the effects thereof.²⁶

When measures are selected, account shall be taken of operational and local factors which could cause major accidents, as well as actions of unauthorised persons.

When measures are implemented, account shall be taken in particular of the principles laid down in Annex 2, and in particular the measures in accordance with Annexes 2.2–2.5.²⁷

25 Amended by No I of the O of 29 April 2015, in force since 1 June 2015 (AS 2015 1337).
26 Amended by No I of the O of 13 Feb. 2013, in force since 1 April 2013 (AS 2013 749).
27 Amended by No I of the O of 29 April 2015, in force since 1 June 2015 (AS 2015 1337).

Legal act context: SR 814.012 · MAO · Ordinance · Ordinance of 27 February 1991 on Protection against Major Accidents (Major Accidents Ordinance, MAO)

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