Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ If the sci­entif­ic in­form­a­tion is in­suf­fi­cient to fully as­sess the risks per­tain­ing to aids to pro­duc­tion or plant ma­ter­i­al that may carry par­tic­u­larly dan­ger­ous harm­ful or­gan­isms, pre­vent­ive meas­ures may be taken if:

a.

it is sus­pec­ted that the aids to pro­duc­tion or plant ma­ter­i­al may have un­desir­able side-ef­fects on the health of hu­mans, an­im­als, plants or the en­vir­on­ment; and

b.

it is highly likely that such side-ef­fects will oc­cur or that the con­sequences there­of could be far-reach­ing.

² Pre­vent­ive meas­ures must be re-ex­amined and mod­i­fied with­in an ap­pro­pri­ate time-frame in ac­cord­ance with the latest sci­entif­ic find­ings.

³ With re­gard to pre­vent­ive meas­ures, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

re­strict, is­sue con­di­tions for or ban the im­port­ing, cir­cu­la­tion and use of aids to pro­duc­tion;

b.

re­strict, is­sue con­di­tions for or ban the im­port­ing and cir­cu­la­tion of plant ma­ter­i­al and goods that may carry par­tic­u­larly dan­ger­ous harm­ful or­gan­isms.