Federal Act
on the Protection of Waters
(Waters Protection Act, WPA)

¹ With­in the lim­its of the ap­proved cred­its, the Con­fed­er­a­tion shall grant the can­tons com­pens­at­ory pay­ments for the con­struc­tion and pro­cure­ment of in­stall­a­tions and equip­ment for the dis­pos­al of spe­cial waste, provided such in­stall­a­tions and equip­ment are of be­ne­fit to Switzer­land as a whole.

² With­in the lim­its of the ap­proved cred­its, the Con­fed­er­a­tion shall grant the can­tons with low or me­di­um fin­an­cial ca­pa­city com­pens­at­ory pay­ments for the con­struc­tion and pro­cure­ment of in­stall­a­tions and equip­ment for the treat­ment or re­cov­ery of mu­ni­cip­al waste provided the first in­stance de­cision on the con­struc­tion of the in­stall­a­tion was taken be­fore 1 Novem­ber 1997. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ex­tend this dead­line for re­gions that do not have the re­quired ca­pa­cit­ies to 31 Oc­to­ber 1999 at the latest if the cir­cum­stances so re­quire.

^2bis The right to fed­er­al con­tri­bu­tions in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 con­tin­ues if:

a.

the first in­stance de­cision on the con­struc­tion of an in­stall­a­tion was taken be­fore the ex­ten­ded dead­line;

b.

for tech­nic­al reas­ons not due to fault on the part of the can­ton a new in­stall­a­tion must be ap­proved;

c.

the new first in­stance de­cision is taken be­fore 1 Novem­ber 2005; and

d.

con­struc­tion is be­gun be­fore 1 Novem­ber 2006.⁵⁵

³ …⁵⁶

⁴ The com­pens­at­ory pay­ments shall amount to:

a.

25 per cent of the at­trib­ut­able costs for in­stall­a­tions and equip­ment in ac­cord­ance with para­graphs 1 and 2;

b.⁵⁷

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