Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ If the al­loc­a­tion of a tar­iff quota share is de­pend­ent on pro­mo­tion of Swiss pro­duc­tion (Art. 22 para­graph 2 let­ter b), the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may de­cide on ap­pro­pri­ate com­pens­at­ory pay­ments or charges if:

a.

such pro­mo­tion is not ne­ces­sary in view of its pur­pose; or

b.

it is im­possible for the im­port­er to pro­mote Swiss pro­duc­tion or do­ing so would lead to un­reas­on­able hard­ship.

² Com­pens­at­ory pay­ments or charges must be set in such a way that they bal­ance out the ad­vant­ages gained by the im­port­er from not hav­ing to pro­mote Swiss pro­duc­tion.