Waters Protection Ordinance
(WPO)

¹ If the re­cip­i­ent of a prom­ised com­pens­at­ory pay­ment or fin­an­cial as­sist­ance des­pite be­ing warned fails to carry out a meas­ure not or does so in­ad­equately, the com­pens­at­ory pay­ment or fin­an­cial as­sist­ance shall not be paid out or shall be re­duced.

² If com­pens­at­ory pay­ments or fin­an­cial as­sist­ance have been paid out and the re­cip­i­ent des­pite be­ing warned fails to carry out a meas­ure not or does so in­ad­equately, the pay­ments may be re­claimed in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 28 and 29 of the Sub­sidies Act¹⁰⁹.

³ If in­stall­a­tions or equip­ment for which com­pens­at­ory pay­ments or fin­an­cial as­sist­ance have been paid out are used for a pur­pose oth­er than that in­ten­ded, the FOEN may re­quire the can­ton to stop or rem­edy the mis­use with­in a reas­on­able peri­od.

⁴ If the mis­use is not stopped or remedied, the pay­ments may be re­claimed in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 29 of the Sub­sidies Act.