Commentaries: Art. 5

In the case of works for which the Confederation is the competent authority, the deforestation application must be submitted to the lead federal authority, and in the case of works for which the canton is the competent authority, the deforestation application must be submitted to the competent authority under cantonal law.
The authority shall publish the application and provide access to the files for consultation.
The Federal Office for the Environment¹(the FOEN²) shall issue guidelines on the contents of a deforestation application.

The designation of the administrative entity was amended according to Art. 16 para. 3 of the Publication Ordinance of 17 Nov. 2004 (AS 2004 4937). ↩
Name in accordance with No I 5 of the O of 28 Jan. 2015 on the Amendment of Ordinance Law on the Environment, in particular with regard to the programme agreements for the Programme Period 2016–2019, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 427). This change has been made throughout the text. ↩

Art. 5