Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies veri­fy wheth­er, after struc­tur­al im­prove­ments sub­sid­ised by the Con­fed­er­a­tion have been car­ried out:

a.

cul­tiv­ated land and un­cul­tiv­ated buf­fer strips and bi­otopes are be­ing used ap­pro­pri­ately;

b.

works, in­stall­a­tions and ag­ri­cul­tur­al build­ings are be­ing main­tained in good or­der.

² In the case of gross neg­lect re­gard­ing farm­ing or main­ten­ance, as well as in­ap­pro­pri­ate care, the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies may be re­quired to de­mand re­pay­ment of the sub­sidies. The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies may take re­course against the re­cip­i­ents.