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941.206Federal Council ordinanceKeepCompleted

Verordnung vom 7. Dezember 2012 über die Zuständigkeiten im Messwesen (ZMessV)

Federal Council ordinanceLanguage DEDocument 7 December 2012In force 1 January 2013
Published verdict
Keep

The law broadly serves citizens without excessive burden.

Summary

This ordinance allocates metrology powers among cantons, METAS, and authorized verification bodies. It assigns categories of measuring instruments to cantonal or federal control, prescribes the tasks, qualifications, independence rules, reporting duties, and equipment of inspectors, and creates a licensing and supervision regime for private verification bodies under METAS.

Verdict reason
Reliable measurement standards require clear assignment of authority, supervision, and conflict-of-interest rules that are difficult to reproduce through purely ad hoc private arrangements. This ordinance is mostly institutional plumbing, not an expansive economic intervention, and deleting it would create uncertainty over who verifies, supervises, and enforces measurement obligations.
Review details
Status
Completed
Model
gpt-5.4
Method
better-switzerland-v2
Attempts
1
Input tokens
7499
Output tokens
143
Total tokens
7642
Estimated cost
$0.0209
Record metadata
Document date
7 December 2012
Entry into force
1 January 2013
Applicability
1 January 2022
Type
Federal Council ordinance
Display ID
941.206
Canonical record
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2012/876
Family URI
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2012/876
Language
DE
Indexed sections (133)
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