Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies ap­prove pro­jects in­volving land im­prove­ments, ag­ri­cul­tur­al build­ings and re­gion­al de­vel­op­ment that re­ceive fed­er­al sub­sidies.¹⁴⁰

² They ask the FO­AG for its opin­ion in good time.

³ They make the pro­ject avail­able to the pub­lic and pub­lish it in the of­fi­cial can­ton­al gaz­ette is not re­quired for pro­jects that do not re­quire a con­ces­sion or plan­ning per­mis­sion un­der fed­er­al or can­ton­al le­gis­la­tion.¹⁴¹

⁴ They give or­gan­isa­tions that play a le­git­im­ate role in re­la­tion to the pro­tec­tion of nature and cul­tur­al her­it­age, the en­vir­on­ment or pub­lic hik­ing paths an op­por­tun­ity to lodge an ob­jec­tion con­cern­ing the pro­jects pub­lished in the of­fi­cial can­ton­al gaz­ette.¹⁴²

⁵ If ne­ces­sary, the FO­AG con­sults oth­er fed­er­al agen­cies whose scope of activ­ity also cov­ers the pro­ject. It in­forms the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies of the re­quire­ments and ob­lig­a­tions en­tailed in the grant­ing of a sub­sidy for that pro­ject.

⁶ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil de­cides which pro­jects should not be passed on to the FO­AG for its opin­ion.

⁷ The FO­AG shall de­cide wheth­er or not to grant a sub­sidy only after the pro­ject has entered in­to ef­fect.¹⁴³