The Legal Affairs Division is responsible for the legal aspects of all the tasks performed by FOEN in every area of environmental protection (preparation and application of legislation, supervision of enforcement, information and international affairs).
The division consists of:
Sectors: landscape, forestry, biotopes, species management, biotechnology, organism.
Sectors: air, noise, electrosmog, climate, procedures (environmental impact assessment, right of collective appeal), economics, information, EU law.
Sectors: waste, contaminated sites, soil, chemicals, hydrology, hazard prevention.
Last modification 09.02.2022
Contact
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Legal Affairs
Postal address:
CH-3003 Bern
Location of our offices:
Monbijoustrasse 40, 3003 Bern
Tel.: +41 58 462 93 45