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# Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC) (OAPC)

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## Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC) (OAPC)

SR 814.318.142.1 — Ordinance of 16 December 1985 on Air Pollution Control (OAPC).

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English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. This English text is the consolidation of 1 January 2026. The binding German, French and Italian texts have since been consolidated to 1 August 2026, so this translation is behind current law.

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## Preamble

The Swiss Federal Council, on the basis of Articles 12, 13, 16 and 39 of the Federal Act of 7 October 1983 on the Protection of the Environment (the Act), ordains:

SR 814.01

## Contents

1\. General Provisions — 2 articles 2. Emissions — 33 articles 3. Ambient Air Pollution Levels — 8 articles 4. Final Provisions — 11 articles 5. Transitional Provisions to the Amendment of 20 November 1991 — 0 articles 6. Transitional Provisions to the Amendment of 15 December 1997 — 0 articles 7. Transitional Provisions to the Amendment of 25 August 1999 — 0 articles 8. Transitional Provisions to the Amendment of 30 April 2003 — 0 articles 9. Transitional Provisions to the Amendment of 23 June 2004 — 0 articles 10. Transitional Provisions to the Amendment of 4 July 2007 — 0 articles 11. Transitional provisions relating to the Amendment of 19 September 2008 — 0 articles 12. Transitional provisions relating to the Amendment of 18 June 2010 — 0 articles 13. Transitional provisions relating to the Amendment of 14 October 2015 — 0 articles 14. Transitional provisions relating to the Amendment of 11 April 2018 — 0 articles 15. Transitional Provisions to the Amendment of 12 February 2020 — 0

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