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

¹ En­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion or­gan­isa­tions have a right of ap­peal against any au­thor­isa­tion for put­ting patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms in cir­cu­la­tion for law­ful use in the en­vir­on­ment, sub­ject to the fol­low­ing re­quire­ments:

a.

The or­gan­isa­tion is act­ive in Switzer­land on a na­tion­al basis.

b.

It was es­tab­lished at least ten years pri­or to the fil­ing of the ap­peal.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil des­ig­nates the or­gan­isa­tions that have the right to ap­peal.

³ The Art­icles 55a and 55b para­graphs 1 and 2 ap­ply.