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

¹ Or­gan­isa­tions that have not sought leg­al re­course may only par­ti­cip­ate in sub­sequent pro­ceed­ings as a party if they are pre­ju­diced by a change in the rul­ing. For com­puls­ory pur­chases, the Fed­er­al Act of 20 June 1930¹²³ on Com­puls­ory Pur­chase ap­plies.

² If an or­gan­isa­tion has not par­ti­cip­ated in ob­jec­tion pro­ceed­ings un­der fed­er­al or can­ton­al law, it may no longer file an ap­peal.

³ If an or­gan­isa­tion has not filed a per­mit­ted com­plaint against a land use plan that has the char­ac­ter of a rul­ing or if the com­plaint has been re­jec­ted with full leg­al ef­fect, the or­gan­isa­tion may no longer file the same com­plaints in sub­sequent pro­ceed­ings.

⁴ Para­graphs 2 and 3 also ap­ply to ob­jec­tions and ap­peals un­der can­ton­al law against land use plans.