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

¹ Li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty is any per­son who wil­fully:¹⁵¹

a.

fails to take the safety meas­ures pre­scribed for the pre­ven­tion of dis­asters or fails to com­ply with the pro­hib­i­tion of cer­tain pro­duc­tion meth­ods or the keep­ing of cer­tain stocks (Art. 10);

b.

puts sub­stances in­to cir­cu­la­tion which he knows or must as­sume may present a danger to the en­vir­on­ment or in­dir­ectly en­danger people when used in a cer­tain man­ner (Art. 26);

c.

puts sub­stances in­to cir­cu­la­tion without in­form­ing re­cip­i­ents about their en­vir­on­ment-re­lated prop­er­ties (Art. 27 para. 1 let. a) or provid­ing in­struc­tions on their re­quired hand­ling (Art. 27 para. 1 let. b);

d.

handles sub­stances con­trary to in­struc­tions in such a man­ner that they, their de­riv­at­ives or waste may present a danger to the en­vir­on­ment or in­dir­ectly en­danger people (Art. 28);

e.¹⁵²

in­fringes reg­u­la­tions on sub­stances or or­gan­isms (Art. 29, 29b para. 2, 29f, 30a let. b and 34 para. 1);

f.¹⁵³

handles or­gan­isms in such a man­ner that the prin­ciples con­tained in Art­icle 29a para­graph 1 are in­fringed;

g.¹⁵⁴

fails to take all the con­tain­ment meas­ures re­quired when hand­ling patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms (Art. 29b para. 1);

h.¹⁵⁵

without au­thor­isa­tion, re­leases patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms for ex­per­i­ment­al pur­poses or puts them in­to cir­cu­la­tion for uses in the en­vir­on­ment (Art. 29c para. 1 and 29d paras. 3 and 4);

i.¹⁵⁶

puts or­gan­isms in­to cir­cu­la­tion that he knows or must as­sume will in­fringe the prin­ciples con­tained in Art­icle 29a para­graph 1 when used in a cer­tain man­ner (Art. 29d para. 1);

j.¹⁵⁷

puts or­gan­isms in­to cir­cu­la­tion without provid­ing re­cip­i­ents with the re­quired in­form­a­tion and in­struc­tions (Art. 29e para. 1);

k.¹⁵⁸

handles or­gan­isms con­trary to the in­struc­tions (Art. 29e para. 2);

l.¹⁵⁹

...

m.

con­structs or op­er­ates a land­fill without au­thor­isa­tion (Art. 30e para. 2);

n.

fails to mark spe­cial waste as such for trans­fer (Art. 30f para. 2 let. a) or hands it over to an un­der­tak­ing that does not hold the rel­ev­ant au­thor­isa­tion (Art. 30f para. 2 let. b);

o.

ac­cepts, im­ports or ex­ports spe­cial waste without au­thor­isa­tion (Art. 30f para. 2 let. c and d);

p.

in­fringes reg­u­la­tions on the move­ment of spe­cial waste (Art. 30f para. 1);

q.¹⁶⁰

in­fringes reg­u­la­tions on waste (Art. 30a let. b);

r.¹⁶¹

in­fringes reg­u­la­tions on the put­ting in­to cir­cu­la­tion for the first time of tim­ber and wood products and raw ma­ter­i­als and products spe­cified by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil pur­su­ant to Art­icle 35epara­graph 3 (Art. 35e and 35fpara. 1 and 2 let. a).

² If the of­fend­er acts neg­li­gently, he or she is li­able to a mon­et­ary pen­alty not ex­ceed­ing 180 daily pen­alty units.¹⁶²