Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ Tar­iff quotas for ag­ri­cul­tur­al products are set out in An­nex 2 to the Cus­toms Tar­iff Act of 9 Oc­to­ber 1986⁵⁵ (Gen­er­al Tar­iff).

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may modi­fy tar­iff quotas and, if ap­plic­able, their staggered in­tro­duc­tion as part of the Gen­er­al Tar­iff.

³ The terms of Art­icle 17 ap­ply to the set­ting and ad­just­ment of tar­iff quotas as well as to their staggered in­tro­duc­tion.

⁴ If mar­ket con­di­tions re­quire the fre­quent ad­just­ment of tar­iff quotas, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may del­eg­ate re­spons­ib­il­ity for ad­just­ing tar­iff quotas and for stag­ger­ing their in­tro­duc­tion to the EAER or to an agency that is part of the Fed­er­al De­part­ment.

⁵ The pro­vi­sions of this Act ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to ad­di­tion­al tar­iff quotas as defined un­der the terms of Art­icle 4 para­graph 3 let­ter c of the Cus­toms Tar­iff Act of 9 Oc­to­ber 1986.