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OrganizationPublished on 22 November 2023

Legal Affairs Division

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).

Topics

The division is responsible for the topic:

Topic Environmental law

Management

Daniel Roth
Position:
head of Legal Affairs Division
Salome Sidler
Position:
head of section Legal Service 1, deputy head of division
Tasks: species, ecosystems, landscape, forestry, biotechnology, organism, programme agreements
Maurus Bärlocher
Position:
head of section Legal Service 2
Tasks: air, noise, electrosmog, climate, procedures (environmental impact assessment, right of collective appeal), economics, information, EU law
Jan Boltshauser
Position:
head of section Legal Service 3
Tasks: waste, contaminated sites, soil, water, chemicals, natural hazards, incidents, hydrology, enforcement supervision, enforcement reinforcement, criminal law

Contact

Legal Affairs Division

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Legal Affairs Division
Monbijoustrasse 40
3003 Berne