Commentaries: Art. 61b

The competent Federal Office shall withhold all or part of the instalment payments during the programme if the canton:
1. fails to fulfil its reporting duty (Art. 61a para. 1);
2. fails to meet its obligations to a substantial extent through its own fault.
If on conclusion of the programme it emerges that the canton has failed to meet its obligations, the competent Federal Office shall require the canton to rectify the situation; it shall set the Canton an appropriate deadline for doing so.
If installations or equipment for which compensatory payments have been made are used for a purpose other than that intended, the competent Federal Office may require the canton to stop or remedy the misuse within a reasonable period.
If the defects are not rectified or if the misuse does not stop or is not remedied, the payments may be reclaimed in accordance with Articles 28 and 29 of the Subsidies Act of 5 October 1990¹.

Art. 61b