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

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may pro­mote the edu­ca­tion and train­ing of spe­cial­ists who carry out activ­it­ies re­lated to en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion.¹²⁹

² It may com­mis­sion or sup­port re­search stud­ies and tech­no­logy as­sess­ments.¹³⁰

³ It may pro­mote the de­vel­op­ment, cer­ti­fic­a­tion, veri­fic­a­tion and mar­ket in­tro­duc­tion of in­stall­a­tions and pro­cesses that can re­duce pol­lu­tion in the pub­lic in­terest. Fin­an­cial aid may not nor­mally ex­ceed 50 per cent of the costs. In the event of the com­mer­cial ex­ploit­a­tion of the de­vel­op­ment res­ults, it must be re­fun­ded in pro­por­tion to the earn­ings made. Every five years, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall make a gen­er­al as­sess­ment of the ef­fect of the pro­mo­tion and re­ports to the Fed­er­al As­sembly on the res­ults.¹³¹