Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may en­cour­age the main­ten­ance and the sus­tain­able use of ge­net­ic re­sources. It may keep ge­net­ic banks and main­ten­ance re­gisters or may man­date an­oth­er agency to do so and sub­sid­ise meas­ures such as in situ main­ten­ance in par­tic­u­lar.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may stip­u­late re­quire­ments re­gard­ing ge­net­ic banks, main­ten­ance re­gisters, meas­ures and en­ti­tle­ment to sub­sidies. It shall draw up cri­ter­ia for the al­loc­a­tion of sub­sidies.