CHE/232
WTO/TBT
CH Switzerland
  • 31 - Electronics
2018-10-05
2018-08-13

Laser pointer products

Draft Ordinance to the Federal Act on Protection Against Hazards Arising from Non-Ionising Radiation and Sound (O-NIRSA) (23 page(s), available in German, French, and Italian)

An increasing number of laser pointers has been placed on the market that pose a danger to human health and to pilots or locomotive drivers. In order to avoid both dangerous glare and direct eye damage in the future, only class 1 lasers pointers will be allowed to be placed on the market.

The notified draft ordinance prohibits therefore the import, transit, supply and possession of the following laser pointers:

          a. Class 1M, 2, 2M, 3R, 3B and 4 laser pointers in accordance with SN EN 60825-1:20147, "Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements";

          b. laser pointers which are not, or not correctly, labelled with a laser class;             c. any accessories which focus the laser radiation emitted by laser pointers.