Federal Act
on the Protection of the Environment
(Environmental Protection Act, EPA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may pro­mote the ba­sic and con­tinu­ing edu­ca­tion and train­ing of per­son­nel en­trus­ted with du­ties in terms of this Act.¹⁰⁷

² It may com­mis­sion or sup­port re­search stud­ies and tech­no­logy as­sess­ments.¹⁰⁸

³ It may pro­mote the de­vel­op­ment of in­stall­a­tions and pro­cesses that can re­duce pol­lu­tion in the pub­lic in­terest. Fin­an­cial aid may not nor­mally ex­ceed 50 per cent of the costs. In the event of the com­mer­cial ex­ploit­a­tion of the de­vel­op­ment res­ults, it must be re­fun­ded in pro­por­tion to the earn­ings made. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil makes a gen­er­al as­sess­ment of the ef­fect of the pro­mo­tion and re­ports to the Fed­er­al As­sembly on the res­ults at five-yearly in­ter­vals.¹⁰⁹