Published on 15 April 2015

Biodiversity: Acts and ordinances

Legal bases on national, european and international level

Federal Constitution

• Art. 78 Federal Constitution: Protection of natural and cultural heritage

Acts and ordinances

• Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA)

• Ordinance on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHO)

• Federal act on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds (JSG)

• Ordinance on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds (JSV)

• Federal Act on Fisheries (BGF)

• Ordinance concerning the Federal Act on Fisheries (VBGF)

• Ordinance on the Protection of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

• Ordinance on the Protection of Fens of National Importance

• Ordinance on the Protection of Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Importance

• Artenschutzverordnung (ASchV)

• Trockenwiesenverordnung (TwwV)

• Ordinance on the Protection of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance (AlgV)

• Ordinance on Federal Hunting Reserves (VEJ)

• Verordnung über die Wasser- und Zugvogelreservate von internationaler und nationaler Bedeutung (WZVV)

Classified compilation: Federal law

• 45 Natur- und Heimatschutz

• 922 Jagd

• 923 Fischerei

Classified compilation: International law

• 0.45 Natur- und Heimatschutz

• 0.922 Jagd

• 0.923 Fischerei

European legislation

• EU legislation: Protection of nature and biodiversity

• EUR-Lex: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Aids to enforcement