The Committee plans to use the U.K. Guidelines in determining safety 
procedures. It has recommended that local safety committees be respon- 
sible for supervising safety procedures and that all recombinant DNA 
experiments be reported to the Committee and the Swedish central public 
health authority. The Department of Education is considering whether 
existing statutes would suffice to ensure compliance with these 
recommendations . 
As of March 1977 one group was actively involved in recombinant DNA 
work and six others were planning projects, pending laboratory modifica- 
tion to come up to the necessary physical containment levels. 
SWITZERLAND 
In the summer of 1975 the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences created 
a standing Commission on Experimental Genetics for the purpose of 
studying the safety of recombinant DNA work, recommending guidelines, 
establishing channels of communication, and monitoring developments both 
nationally and internationally. This Commission, chaired by Professor 
Werner Arber, is composed entirely of experts from government, industry, 
and academia. 
The Commission has recommended that Swiss researchers follow the 
U.S. Guidelines, that registration be voluntary, and that disputes con- 
cerning the classification of a project be submitted to the Standing 
Advisory Committee on Recombinant DNA of the European Molecular Biology 
Organization. It is the Commission's position that the primary responsi- 
bility for safety rests with the individual researcher. Although industry 
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