Commentaries: Art. 15

The Confederation and cantons may charge fees for the access to and use of official geodata.
They shall harmonise the principles of the fee structure for the official geodata and geodata services of national interest.
The Federal Council regulates the fees for the access to and use of basic geodata and the geodata services of the Confederation. The fees are made up as follows:
1. for private use: marginal costs and a suitable contribution to infrastructure costs at the most;
2. for commercial use: marginal costs and a suitable contribution to infrastructure, investment and revision costs appropriate to the use of the geodata.