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, natural hazards, incidents.
Last modification 19.10.2018
Contact
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Legal Affairs
Postal address:
CH-3003 Bern
Location of our offices:
Worblentalstrasse 68, 3063 Ittigen
Tel.: +41 58 462 93 45
Fax: +41 58 464 15 69