Federal Act
on Agriculture
(Agriculture Act, AgricA)

¹ Money re­paid on loans is used by the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies for new loans to farm­ers.

² In­terest paid is used, in the fol­low­ing or­der, for:

a.

cov­er­ing ad­min­is­trat­ive costs;

b.

cov­er­ing losses in­curred in grant­ing loans;

c.

fur­ther loans to farm­ers.

³ If the amounts re­paid and in­terest ac­cru­ing to the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies ex­ceed the amount re­quired, the FO­AG may:

a.

claim the Con­fed­er­a­tion’s share back and pass it on to an­oth­er can­ton; or

b.

make the Con­fed­er­a­tion’s share of un­used funds avail­able to the can­ton for in­vest­ment loans.¹³⁴