Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The rel­ev­ant fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies shall col­lect fees from ap­plic­ants for li­cences and from own­ers of nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions, nuc­le­ar goods and ra­dio­act­ive waste, and shall re­quest re­mu­ner­a­tion of costs, in par­tic­u­lar for:

a.

the grant­ing, trans­fer, amend­ment, modi­fic­a­tion and with­draw­al of li­cences;

b.

the pre­par­a­tion of ex­pert re­ports;

c.

su­per­vis­ory activ­it­ies;

d.

Re­search and de­vel­op­ment activ­it­ies car­ried out by the Con­fed­er­a­tion or on its be­half with­in the scope of su­per­vis­ory du­ties for spe­cif­ic nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions.

² The rel­ev­ant fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies shall, in ad­di­tion, col­lect an an­nu­al fee from own­ers of nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions to cov­er the costs of su­per­vis­ory activ­it­ies that can­not be charged to spe­cif­ic nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tions. The amount con­cerned shall be cal­cu­lated on the basis of the av­er­age costs over the past five years, and shall be charged to each nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion in pro­por­tion to the chargeable ser­vices provided.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late this pro­ced­ure.