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Published on 18 October 2024

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

Climate: Acts and ordinances

Contaminated sites: Acts and ordinances

Economy and consumption: Acts and ordinances

EIA: Acts and ordinances

Electrosmog and light: Acts and ordinances

Forest and timber: Acts and ordinances

International affairs: Acts and ordinances

Landscape: Acts and ordinances

Noise: Acts and ordinances

Natural hazards: Acts and ordinances

Major accidents: Acts and ordinances

Soil: Acts and ordinances

Water: Acts and ordinances

Waste: Acts and ordinances

Access general to the in current international environmental law

Centre of Competence in European Law

Summaries of federal environmental regulations

30 August 2022

Swiss Environmental Law

A brief guide

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