Commentaries: Art. 5

The amount of financial assistance is determined by:
1. the national, regional or local importance of the sites to be protected;
2. the extent, quality and complexity of the measures;
3. the level of threat to the sites to be protected;
4. the quality in which the services are to be provided.
The amount of global financial assistance shall be negotiated between the FOEN, the FOC or FEDRO and the canton concerned.
In the fields of monument preservation, archaeology, protection of heritage sites and protection of historic traffic routes, the financial assistance may also be calculated on the basis of the following maximum subsidies in per cent of the expenditure eligible for subsidy:
1. 25 per cent for sites of national importance;
2. 20 per cent for sites of regional importance;
3. 15 per cent for sites of local importance.
By way of exception, the percentage in paragraph 3 may be increased to a maximum of 45 per cent if it is proven that essential measures cannot be financed otherwise.