Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ Ge­net­ic­ally mod­i­fied ag­ri­cul­tur­al products or aids to pro­duc­tion⁶³ may only be pro­duced, reared, im­por­ted, re­leased or put in­to cir­cu­la­tion if the re­quire­ments of this Act and in par­tic­u­lar those of le­gis­la­tion on gene tech­no­logy, en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion, an­im­al pro­tec­tion and food­stuffs are met.

² Re­gard­less of any fur­ther pro­vi­sion, in par­tic­u­lar in le­gis­la­tion on gene tech­no­logy, en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion and an­im­al pro­tec­tion, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may provide for man­dat­ory per­mits or oth­er meas­ures for the pro­duc­tion and sale of such goods or aids to pro­duc­tion.