Commentaries: Art. 25

Farms that keep poultry or horses and farms serving the public interest need not have their own or leased agricultural land on which at least half of the farm manure accumulating in the enterprise can be used if it is guaranteed that the farm manure will be used by an organisation or another farm.¹
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Farms serving the public interest (Art. 14 para. 7 let. b WPA) are:
1. farms that serve experimental, research or development purposes (research institutes, university farms, performance testing institutions, insemination stations, etc.);
2. ³ pig farms that cover at least 25 per cent of the energy needs of pigs with food by-products that come from milk processing;
3. ⁴ pig farms that cover at least 40 per cent of the energy needs of pigs with food by-products that do not come from milk processing;
4. ⁵ pig breeding enterprises that cover at least 40 per cent of the energy needs of pigs with food by-products that come both from milk processing and not from milk processing.
In mixed animal husbandry farms, the exception under paragraph 1 applies only to that part of the animal husbandry that fulfils conditions for granting an exception.⁶
The cantonal authorities shall in each case grant an exception under paragraph 1 for a duration of five years at most.⁷

Amended by Annex 9 No 2 of the Direct Payments Ordinance of 23 Oct. 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 4145). ↩
Repealed by Annex 9 No 2 of the Direct Payments Ordinance of 23 Oct. 2013, with effect from 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 4145). ↩
Amended by No II of the O of 27 Oct. 2010, in force since 1 Jan. 2011 (AS 2010 5881). See also the Transitional Provision to this amendment at the end of the text. ↩
Amended by No III of the O of 25 May 2011, in force since 1 July 2011 (AS 2011 2407). ↩
Inserted by No III of the O of 25 May 2011, in force since 1 July 2011 (AS 2011 2407). See also the Transitional Provision to this amendment at the end of the text. ↩
Amended by Annex 9 No 2 of the Direct Payments Ordinance of 23 Oct. 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 4145). ↩
Amended by Annex 9 No 2 of the Direct Payments Ordinance of 23 Oct. 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 4145). ↩

Art. 25