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

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 7 October 1983 (Status as of 1 January 2022)


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Art. 59c Prescription 145

1 The right to dam­ages pre­scribes in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 60 of the Code of Ob­lig­a­tions146.

2 If the loss or dam­age oc­curs due to the hand­ling of patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms, the right to dam­ages pre­scribes three years after the in­jured per­son ob­tains know­ledge of the loss or dam­age and of the iden­tity of the per­son li­able, but at the latest 30 years after:

a.
the event that caused the loss or dam­age oc­curred in the es­tab­lish­ment or in the in­stall­a­tion or came to an end; or
b.
the patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms were put in­to cir­cu­la­tion.

145 In­ser­ted by An­nex No 4 of the Gene Tech­no­logy Act of 21 March 2003, in force since 1 Jan. 2004 (AS 2003 4803; BBl 2000 2391).

146 SR 220

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