Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ A per­mit from the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies is re­quired for plant­ing new vines.

² The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies must be in­formed if ex­ist­ing vine­yards are re­planted.

³ The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies shall is­sue per­mits for the plant­ing of vines for the pur­pose of wine pro­duc­tion if the planned site is suit­able for this pur­pose.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall set out the ba­sic con­di­tions for is­su­ing per­mits and re­gis­ter­ing the plant­ing of vines. It may al­low ex­cep­tions.

⁵ The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies may is­sue a tem­por­ary and re­gion­al ban on the plant­ing of new vines if meas­ures for re­liev­ing the mar­ket or for the con­ver­sion of vine­yards are be­ing fun­ded or if the mar­ket situ­ation re­quires such ac­tion to be taken.¹⁰⁰