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Art. 61

814.01EPAFederal ActJan 1, 1985Original source
  1. A fine not exceeding CHF 20,000 shall be imposed on any person who wilfully:1
    1. fails to comply with the limitations of emissions stipulated in this Act (Art. 12 and 34 para. 1);
    2. fails to comply with remediation orders (Art. 16 and 32c para. 1);
    3. fails to carry out officially ordered soundproofing measures (Art. 19–25);
    4. provides false or incomplete information or instructions (Art. 27);
    5. handles substances with no accompanying information or instructions in such a manner that they, their derivatives or waste may present a danger to the environment or indirectly endanger people (Art. 28);
    6. burns waste illegally outside installations (Art. 30c para. 2);
    7. deposits waste outside authorised landfills (Art. 30e para. 1);
    8. 2 infringes the notification requirements in connection with waste (Art.  32b para. 2 and 3);
    9. 3 infringes the regulations on waste (Art. 30a let. a and c, 30b , 30c para. 3, 30d , 30h para. 1, 31b para. 3, 32a bis, 32b para. 4 and 32e para. 1–2bis);
    10. 4 infringes the regulations on resource-conserving construction (Art. 35j para. 1);
    11. infringes the regulations on the movement of other forms of waste (Art. 30g para. 1);
    12. fails to guarantee coverage of the costs of closure, after-care and remediation of a landfill (Art. 32b para. 1);
    13. infringes the regulations on physical impacts on and the use of the soil (Art. 33 para. 2 and 34 para. 1 and 2) or on measures to reduce the soil pollution (Art. 34 para. 3);
    m^bis^.^5^ infringes regulations on the traceability of timber and wood products and raw materials and products specified by the Federal Council pursuant to Article 35e paragraph 3 and for which a documentation requirement has been imposed (Art. 35g para. 1); n. infringes the regulations on placing series-produced installations6on the market (Art. 40); o. refuses to provide information to the competent authority or provides incorrect information (Art. 46); p.7 infringes the regulations on providing a guarantee for liability (Art. 59b ).
  2. If the offender acts through negligence, the penalty is a fine.
  3. Attempts and complicity are also offences.
  4. A fine not exceeding CHF 300 shall be imposed on any person who unlawfully discards or leaves behind waste, whether wilfully or through negligence. This applies even to small amounts of waste (Art. 31b para. 7).8

Footnotes

  1. Amended by No II 1 of the FA of 19 March 2010, in force since 1 Aug. 2010 (AS 2010 3233;BBl 2009 5435). ↩

  2. Amended by No I of the FA of 27 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 April 2025 (AS 2025 178;BBl 2023 239). ↩

  3. Amended by No III of the FA of 27 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 April 2025 (AS 2025 178;BBl 2023 239). ↩

  4. Inserted by No I of the FA of 15 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 648;BBl 2023 13,437). ↩

  5. Inserted by No I of the FA of 27 Sept. 2019, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2021 614;BBl 2019 1251). ↩

  6. Previously: type approval testing and labelling ↩

  7. Amended by No II 1 of the FA of 19 March 2010, in force since 1 Aug. 2010 (AS 2010 3233;BBl 2009 5435). ↩

  8. Inserted by No I of the FA of 15 March 2024, in force since 1 Aug. 2026 (AS 2024 648, 2026 356;BBl 2023 13,437). ↩

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