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

¹ The Fed­er­al As­sembly shall ap­prove by a simple fed­er­al de­cree a tem­por­ary guar­an­tee cred­it⁷⁴ to en­sure the pay­ment of con­tri­bu­tions.⁷⁵

² It shall ap­prove by simple fed­er­al de­cree for suc­cess­ive four-year peri­ods the re­sources for mak­ing com­pens­at­ory pay­ments that have been guar­an­teed in prin­ciple in ap­plic­a­tion of Art­icle 13 para­graph 6 of the Sub­sidies Act of 5 Oc­to­ber 1990⁷⁶.

³ It shall ap­prove by means of a multi-year guar­an­tee cred­it the max­im­um amount for risk guar­an­tee provided by the Con­fed­er­a­tion un­der Art­icle 64a.