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

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may set guide val­ues and soil re­medi­ation val­ues for as­sess­ing pol­lu­tion of the soil.

² The guide val­ues in­dic­ate the pol­lu­tion level above which, in the light of cur­rent sci­entif­ic know­ledge or ex­per­i­ence, soil fer­til­ity is no longer guar­an­teed in the long term.

³ The soil re­medi­ation val­ues in­dic­ate the pol­lu­tion level above which, in the light of cur­rent sci­entif­ic know­ledge or ex­per­i­ence, cer­tain uses are not pos­sible without en­dan­ger­ing hu­mans, an­im­als or plants.