Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ Sub­sidies are paid for pro­duc­tion sys­tems to pro­mote near-nat­ur­al and en­vir­on­ment­ally and an­im­al friendly types of pro­duc­tion. These sub­sidies in­clude:

a.

a gradu­ated pay­ment per hec­tare, de­pend­ing on type of use, for pro­duc­tion meth­ods used throughout the farm;

b.¹²⁰

a gradu­ated pay­ment, de­pend­ing on type of use and im­pact, for pro­duc­tion meth­ods used on part of the farm;

c.

a gradu­ated pay­ment per live­stock unit, de­pend­ing on the cat­egory of an­im­al, for es­pe­cially an­im­al-friendly meth­ods of pro­duc­tion.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­cide what types of pro­duc­tion are to be pro­moted.