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

The am­bi­ent lim­it val­ues for air pol­lu­tion must be set so that, in the light of cur­rent sci­entif­ic know­ledge and ex­per­i­ence, am­bi­ent air pol­lu­tion be­low these levels:

a.

does not en­danger people, an­im­als or plants, their bio­lo­gic­al com­munit­ies and hab­it­ats;

b.

does not ser­i­ously af­fect the well-be­ing of the pop­u­la­tion;

c.

does not dam­age build­ings;

d.

does not harm soil fer­til­ity, ve­get­a­tion or wa­ters.