Current environmental law
Legal bases on national, european and international level
All legal texts are available in French, German and Italian. Some key texts have already been translated into English or their translation is in course. Please note that English translations are provided for information purposes only and have no legal force. If an English version of a text exists, the links under the following headings will lead you automatically to it. Otherwise, the link takes you to the German version. To obtain the French and Italian versions, change the language of the page in the upper right hand corner.
Air: Acts and ordinances
Biodiversity: Acts and ordinances
Biotechnology: Acts and ordinances
Chemicals: Acts and ordinances
Contaminated sites: Acts and ordinances
Economy and consumption: Acts and ordinances
Electrosmog and light: Acts and ordinances
Forest and timber: Acts and ordinances
International affairs: Acts and ordinances
Landscape: Acts and ordinances
Natural hazards: Acts and ordinances
Major accidents: Acts and ordinances
Access general to the in current international environmental law
Centre of Competence in European Law
Summaries of federal environmental regulations
Swiss Environmental Law
A brief guide