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

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may make con­tri­bu­tions:

a.

to in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions or pro­grammes in the field of in­ter­na­tion­al en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion;

b.

for the im­ple­ment­a­tion of in­ter­na­tion­al agree­ments on the en­vir­on­ment;

c.

for the fin­an­cing of the sec­ret­ari­ats for in­ter­na­tion­al agree­ments on the en­vir­on­ment that are per­man­ently based in Switzer­land;

d.

to funds that sup­port de­vel­op­ing and trans­ition coun­tries in the im­ple­ment­a­tion of in­ter­na­tion­al agree­ments on the en­vir­on­ment.

² Con­tri­bu­tions un­der para­graph 1 let­ter d are au­thor­ised as frame­work cred­its for two or more years in each case.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil mon­it­ors the ef­fect­ive use of the funds au­thor­ised un­der this Act and re­ports to the Fed­er­al As­sembly there­on.