Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall draw up reg­u­la­tions on the im­port and cir­cu­la­tion of:

a.

par­tic­u­larly dan­ger­ous harm­ful or­gan­isms;

b.

plant ma­ter­i­al and goods that may carry par­tic­u­larly dan­ger­ous harm­ful or­gan­isms.

² In par­tic­u­lar it may:

a.

stip­u­late that a per­mit is re­quired for bring­ing cer­tain plant ma­ter­i­al in­to cir­cu­la­tion;

b.

is­sue reg­u­la­tions con­cern­ing the re­gis­tra­tion and mon­it­or­ing of busi­nesses that pro­duce or cir­cu­late such plant ma­ter­i­al;

c.

ob­lige such busi­nesses to keep re­cords con­cern­ing the plant ma­ter­i­al in ques­tion;

d.

for­bid the im­port and cir­cu­la­tion of plant ma­ter­i­al that car­ries or may carry par­tic­u­larly dan­ger­ous harm­ful or­gan­isms;

e.

for­bid the cul­tiv­a­tion of highly sus­cept­ible host plants.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall en­sure that plant ma­ter­i­al in­ten­ded for ex­port meets in­ter­na­tion­al re­quire­ments.