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

¹ If an elec­tron­ic plat­form op­er­at­or en­ables products to be put in­to cir­cu­la­tion in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 32a^bis or Art­icle 32a^ter by bring­ing for­eign on­line re­tail com­pan­ies in­to con­tact with con­sumers in or­der to con­clude a con­tract on the plat­form, the op­er­at­or shall be re­spons­ible for provid­ing the private or­gan­isa­tion or private sec­tor or­gan­isa­tion with in­form­a­tion and de­tails on the fee and con­tri­bu­tion ob­lig­a­tions.

² The op­er­at­or is ob­liged to in­form users of its elec­tron­ic plat­form of their fee and con­tri­bu­tion ob­lig­a­tions in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 32a^bis and 32a^ter.

³ An elec­tron­ic plat­form op­er­at­or is any­one who op­er­ates a plat­form in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 20a of the Value Ad­ded Tax Act of 12 June 2009⁶⁴.