Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may sub­sid­ise na­tion­al or re­gion­al meas­ures in­tro­duced by pro­du­cers, pro­cessors or traders that are aimed at pro­mot­ing the sale of Swiss ag­ri­cul­tur­al products with­in the coun­try and abroad.³⁰

² For this pur­pose it may also sup­port ef­forts to in­crease aware­ness of pub­lic ser­vices provided by the ag­ri­cul­tur­al sec­tor.³¹

³ It may also co­ordin­ate sub­sid­ised meas­ures with­in Switzer­land and abroad, for ex­ample by de­vis­ing a com­mon iden­tity.³²

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall draw up the cri­ter­ia for the al­loc­a­tion of sub­sidies.