Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

¹ Fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for the train­ing of spe­cial­ists (Art. 64 para. 2 WPA) amounts to:

a.

a max­im­um of 25 per cent of the costs;

b.

a max­im­um of 40 per cent of the costs in the case of pro­jects that are par­tic­u­larly ex­pens­ive giv­en the num­ber of prob­able par­ti­cipants.

² Fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for the pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion to the pub­lic (Art. 64 para. 2 WPA) may be gran­ted to pro­jects if:

a.

they are of sig­ni­fic­ance for Switzer­land as a whole; and

b.

provided the in­form­a­tion doc­u­ments are made avail­able for dis­tri­bu­tion throughout Switzer­land.

³ The fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for the pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion to the pub­lic amounts to:

a.

a max­im­um of 40 per cent the costs for the pre­par­a­tion of doc­u­ments;

b.

a max­im­um of 20 per cent the costs for the con­duct of in­form­a­tion cam­paigns.

⁴ The FOEN shall grant fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for the train­ing of spe­cial­ists and for the pro­vi­sion of in­form­a­tion to the pub­lic on a case-by-case basis.