Environmental Protection Act (EPA)
Originally Title 5.
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Art. 63
Repealed by No II 32 of the FA of 20 March 2008 on the Formal Revision of Federal Legislation, with effect from 1 Aug. 2008 (AS 2008 3437; BBl 2007 6121).
Art. 64 Amendment of federal ordinances
If regulations relating to environmental protection enacted under other federal acts contradict or fail to comply with the provisions of this Act, they must be adapted or supplemented in accordance with a schedule to be laid down by the Federal Council.
Art. 65 Cantonal environmental law
1 Unless and until the Federal Council expressly exercises its power to enact ordinances, the cantons may enact their own regulations in terms of this Act, after consulting the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications. 2 The cantons may not stipulate any new ambient limit values, alarm levels or planning values nor enact any new regulations governing conformity assessments for series-produced installations or for the handling of substances or organisms. Existing cantonal regulations apply until related Federal Council regulations come into force.
Para. 2 — Amended by Annex No 4 of the Gene Technology Act of 21 March 2003, in force since 1 Jan. 2004 (AS 2003 4803; BBl 2000 2391).
Art. 65a Transitional provision to the Amendment of 27 September 2024
Applications for payments towards the costs of measures under Article 32ebis paragraphs 3, 4 letter a, 5 and 12 shall in derogation from Article 36 of the Subsidies Act of 5 October 1990 be assessed in accordance with the law applicable after the date on which the application is filed if work on the measures began or was already completed before the Amendment of 27 September 2024 comes into force. They must be filed with the Federal Office two years at the latest after the Amendment comes into force.
Art. 65a — Inserted by No I of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 (AS 2015 865; BBl 2014 3673, 3685). Amended by No I of the FA of 27 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 April 2025 (AS 2025 178; BBl 2023 239). SR 616.1
Art. 66 Amendment of federal legislation
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The amendments may be consulted under AS 1984 1122.
Art. 67 Referendum and commencement
1 This Act is subject to an optional referendum. 2 The Federal Council determines the commencement date. Commencement date: 1 January 1985
Para. 2 — FCD of 12 Sept. 1984.