Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

¹ The De­part­ment is au­thor­ised to ap­prove de­cisions and re­com­mend­a­tions that are based on the fol­low­ing in­ter­na­tion­al agree­ments, with the agree­ment of the Fed­er­al De­part­ment of Eco­nom­ic Af­fairs, Edu­ca­tion and Re­search:⁹⁰

a.

con­ven­tion of 22 Septem­ber 1992⁹¹ for the Pro­tec­tion of the Mar­ine En­vir­on­ment of the North-East At­lantic (OS­PAR Con­ven­tion);

b.

con­ven­tion of 29 April 1963⁹² on the In­ter­na­tion­al Com­mis­sion for Pro­tec­tion of the Rhine against Pol­lu­tion;

c.

con­ven­tion of 3 Decem­ber 1976⁹³ on the Pro­tec­tion of the Rhine against Chem­ic­al Pol­lu­tion.

² The FOEN shall sup­ply the ap­proved de­cisions and re­com­mend­a­tions to third parties on re­quest.

³ The De­part­ment shall elect mem­bers of the Swiss del­eg­a­tions to the inter-state com­mis­sions for pro­tec­tion of wa­ters.⁹⁴