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

For the pro­tec­tion of in­jured parties, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may:

a.¹⁴⁶

re­quire that the op­er­at­ors of cer­tain es­tab­lish­ments or in­stall­a­tions as well as the per­sons re­quired to ob­tain au­thor­isa­tion or file a re­port that handle patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms to provide a guar­an­tee for their po­ten­tial li­ab­il­ity through in­sur­ance or in an­oth­er man­ner;

b.

de­term­ine the ex­tent and the dur­a­tion of this guar­an­tee or leave this to the au­thor­ity to de­cide on a case-by-case basis;

c.

re­quire those provid­ing a guar­an­tee for li­ab­il­ity to no­ti­fy the en­force­ment au­thor­ity of the ex­ist­ence, sus­pen­sion and ter­min­a­tion of the guar­an­tee;

d.

provide that the guar­an­tee must not be sus­pen­ded or ter­min­ated un­til 60 days after re­ceipt of the no­ti­fic­a­tion;

e.

provide that land on which a waste dis­pos­al site is situ­ated be­comes the prop­erty of the can­ton when the site is closed, and en­act reg­u­la­tions con­cern­ing any com­pens­a­tion.