Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ The pro­vi­sions that have been re­pealed re­main ap­plic­able to all facts oc­cur­ring dur­ing their peri­od of valid­ity, with the ex­cep­tion of pro­ced­ur­al reg­u­la­tions.

^2–9 …³⁰⁹

¹⁰ The re­quire­ment re­gard­ing proof of eco­lo­gic­al per­form­ance un­der Art­icle 70 para­graph 2 comes in­to force five years at the latest after this Act comes in­to force.

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¹⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall stip­u­late re­quire­ments con­cern­ing the re­pay­ment of the loan to the joint or­gan­isa­tion un­der Art­icle 1 para­graph 2 of the Cheese Mar­ket­ing Act of 27 June 1969³¹¹. The De­part­ments and Of­fices des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil are au­thor­ised to is­sue in­struc­tions to the joint or­gan­isa­tion re­gard­ing the real­isa­tion of as­sets and the set­tle­ment of li­ab­il­it­ies; con­tri­bu­tions from the Con­fed­er­a­tion are con­di­tion­al on com­pli­ance with such in­struc­tions. The choice of li­quid­at­ors by the joint or­gan­isa­tion must be ap­proved by the De­part­ment des­ig­nated by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil. The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall cov­er the cost of li­quid­a­tion of the joint or­gan­isa­tion. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall en­sure that no pro­ceeds from the li­quid­a­tion go to the spon­sors of the joint or­gan­isa­tion; it shall also de­cide what pro­por­tion of the share cap­it­al must be re­paid.

¹⁵ Art­icle 55 comes in­to force only when the re­peal of the Grain Act of 20 March 1959³¹² comes in­to force.