Federal Act on Forest
(Forest Act, ForA)

¹ Wind en­ergy fa­cil­it­ies and their ac­cess routes in the forest are con­sidered per­man­ently in­stalled if they are in the na­tion­al in­terest and provided the ac­cess routes are ad­equate for the con­struc­tion and op­er­a­tion of the plants. Proof of site per­man­ency must be provided if the wind en­ergy fa­cil­ity is to be erec­ted in one of the fol­low­ing areas:

a.

at a site lis­ted in an in­vent­ory in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 5 of the Fed­er­al Act of 1 Ju­ly 1966⁶ on the Pro­tec­tion of Nature and Cul­tur­al Her­it­age (NCHA);

b.

in a forest re­serve in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 20 para­graph 4;

c.

in a fed­er­al game re­serve in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 11 of the Hunt­ing Act of 20 June 1986⁷.

² In the case of wind en­ergy fa­cil­it­ies not loc­ated at a site that falls un­der Art­icle 5 NCHA, in­terests shall be weighed in ap­plic­a­tion of Art­icle 3 NCHA.