Federal Act
on Controlling Communicable Human Diseases
(Epidemics Act, EpidA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may provide fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for man­u­fac­tur­ing thera­peut­ic products un­der Art­icle 44 in Switzer­land if sup­plies to the pop­u­la­tion in spe­cial or ex­traordin­ary situ­ations can­not oth­er­wise be guar­an­teed.

² It may provide the fin­an­cial as­sist­ance with­in the lim­its of the au­thor­ised budget in the form of ba­sic con­tri­bu­tions, in­vest­ment con­tri­bu­tions or pro­ject-re­lated con­tri­bu­tions.

³ It may make the con­tri­bu­tions provided the man­u­fac­turer:

a.

is proven to have the know­ledge and abil­ity to de­vel­op or pro­duce the thera­peut­ic products con­cerned;

b.

un­der­takes to man­u­fac­ture the thera­peut­ic products in Switzer­land; and

c.

guar­an­tees to pri­or­it­ise the sup­ply of such thera­peut­ic products to the au­thor­it­ies in spe­cial or ex­traordin­ary situ­ations.