Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ Com­pet­i­tion must be main­tained in the al­loc­a­tion of tar­iff quotas.

² The au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible shall al­loc­ate tar­iff quotas ac­cord­ing to the fol­low­ing pro­ced­ures and cri­ter­ia in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

by auc­tion;

b.

ac­cord­ing to do­mest­ic pur­chas­ing ob­lig­a­tions;

c.

on the basis of the quant­ity re­ques­ted;

d.

ac­cord­ing to the or­der of re­ceipt of ap­plic­a­tions for per­mits;

e.⁵⁶

ac­cord­ing to the or­der of as­sess­ments;

f.

on the basis of the ap­plic­ant’s im­ports to date.

³ Pro­mo­tion of Swiss pro­duc­tion as in­dic­ated in para­graph 2 let­ter b is defined as the pur­chase of sim­il­ar goods pro­duced in Switzer­land and of stand­ard trade qual­ity.

⁴ In or­der to avoid ab­use, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ex­clude cer­tain im­port­ers from en­ti­tle­ment.

⁵ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may del­eg­ate re­spons­ib­il­ity for set­ting the cri­ter­ia for the al­loc­a­tion of tar­iff quotas to the EAER.

⁶ The al­loc­a­tion of tar­iff quotas shall be made pub­lic.