Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

¹ The com­pet­ent Fed­er­al Of­fice shall with­hold all or part of the in­stal­ment pay­ments dur­ing the pro­gramme if the can­ton:

a.

fails to ful­fil its re­port­ing duty (Art. 61a para. 1);

b.

fails to meet its ob­lig­a­tions to a sub­stan­tial ex­tent through its own fault.

² If on con­clu­sion of the pro­gramme it emerges that the can­ton has failed to meet its ob­lig­a­tions, the com­pet­ent Fed­er­al Of­fice shall re­quire the can­ton to rec­ti­fy the situ­ation; it shall set the Can­ton an ap­pro­pri­ate dead­line for do­ing so.

³ If in­stall­a­tions or equip­ment for which com­pens­at­ory pay­ments have been made are used for a pur­pose oth­er than that in­ten­ded, the com­pet­ent Fed­er­al Of­fice may re­quire the can­ton to stop or rem­edy the mis­use with­in a reas­on­able peri­od.

⁴ If the de­fects are not rec­ti­fied or if the mis­use does not stop or is not remedied, the pay­ments may be re­claimed in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 28 and 29 of the Sub­sidies Act of 5 Oc­to­ber 1990¹⁰⁴.