Commentaries: Art. 59

For each multi-year subsidy period, the Federal Assembly shall issue a simple Federal Decree to approve the following:
1. ¹ the expenditure limits for the fixed subsidies paid to the Cantons referred to in Article 53;
2. ² the expenditure limits for the subsidy payments to SFUVET under Article 48 paragraph 2;
3. ³ the expenditure limits for:
1. the subsidies referred to in Article 56 for organising federal professional examinations, advanced federal professional examinations and study programmes at professional education institutions, 2. the subsidies referred to in Article 56a to persons who complete a preparatory course; b. the guaranteed budget for: 1. subsidies referred to in Article 54 for projects that seek to develop and improve the quality of the VPET system, 2. subsidies referred to in Article 55 for specific activities that serve the public interest.
As a guideline, the Confederation’s share of education funding should be one quarter of public expenditure on the VPET system under this Act. No more than ten per cent of the Confederation’s share of the costs shall be allocated as a subsidy under Articles 54 and 55 for projects and activities.

Amended by No I of the FA of 27 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 March 2025 (AS 2025 75;BBl 2024 900). ↩
Inserted by Art. 36 of the SFUVET Act of 25 Sept. 2020, in force since 1 Aug. 2021 (AS 2021 414;BBl 2020 661). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 27 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 March 2025 (AS 2025 75;BBl 2024 900). ↩

Art. 59