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Art. 41

814.01EPAFederal ActJan 1, 1985Original source
  1. The Confederation enforces Article 12 paragraph 1 letter e (Regulations on thermal and motor fuels), 26 (self-regulation), 27 (Information for recipients), 29 (Regulations on substances), 29a –29h (Environmentally hazardous organisms), 30b paragraph 3 (Deposit compensation fund), 30f and 30g (Import and export of waste), 31a paragraph 2 and 31c paragraph 3 (Federal waste disposal measures), 32a bis–32a septies(Pre-paid disposal fee and recycling contributions), 32e paragraphs 1–4 (Charge to finance remediation), 35a –35c (Incentive taxes), 35d (Requirements for motor and thermal fuels), 35e –35h (Timber or wood products or other raw materials and products), 35i (Resource-conserving design of products and packaging), 39 (Implementing provisions and international law agreements), 40 (Placing series-produced installations on the market) and 46 paragraph 3 (Information on substances and organisms); it may require the cantons to carry out certain duties.1
  2. Any federal authority that enforces another Federal Act or an international agreement is, in fulfilling this duty, also responsible for the enforcement of the Environmental Protection Act. It must consult the cantons concerned before making its decision. The Federal Office and the other federal agencies concerned cooperate in accordance with Articles 62a and 62b of the Government and Administration Organisation Act of 21 March 19972in relation to enforcement.3
  3. If the procedure under paragraph 2 is not suitable for certain duties, the Federal Council regulates enforcement by the federal agencies concerned.4
  4. The federal enforcement authorities must take account of cantonal environmental protection measures.5

Footnotes

  1. Amended by No III of the FA of 15 March 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 648;BBl 2023 13,437). ↩

  2. SR 172.010 ↩

  3. Amended by No I 14 of the FA of 18 June 1999 on the Coordination and Simplification of Decision-making Procedures, in force since 1 Jan. 2000 (AS 1999 3071; BBl 1998 2591). ↩

  4. Amended by No I 14 of the FA of 18 June 1999 on the Coordination and Simplification of Decision-making Procedures, in force since 1 Jan. 2000 (AS 1999 3071; BBl 1998 2591). ↩

  5. Originally: Para. 3. ↩

1 commentary

N1.Bundesführung des Altlastenrechts

Bei bundeskompetenten Infrastrukturvorhaben führt die Bundesbehörde das Altlastenrecht; die Kantone sind vorgängig anzuhören.

“Ob eine Pflicht zur Sanierung eines Standorts besteht, beurteilt sich nach Art. 32c Abs. 1 USG (Urteil BGer 1C_414/2014 vom 2. März 2015 E. 2.2). Danach sorgen die Kantone dafür, dass Deponien und andere durch Abfälle belastete Standorte (belastete Standorte) saniert werden, wenn sie zu schädlichen oder lästigen Einwirkungen führen oder die konkrete Gefahr besteht, dass solche Einwirkungen entstehen (Art. 32c Abs. 1 Satz 1 USG). Liegt der Bau eines Infrastrukturvorhabens in der alleinigen Bewilligungskompetenz des Bundes, so vollzieht dieser das Altlastenrecht (vgl. Art. 41 Abs. 2 USG; Urteil BGer 1C_255/2007 vom 17. Juli 2008 E. 3.1). Letzteres ist in weiten Teilen vom Gedanken der Vorsorge geprägt (Rausch/Marti/Griffel, a. a. O., Rz. 70 m. H.).”

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