Commentaries: Art. 6

If the Confederation is responsible for the deforestation permit, the cooperation between the FOEN and the cantons is subject to Article 49 paragraph 2 ForA. The cantons shall support the federal authorities in the clarification of the facts.
Included in the calculation of the deforestation area, based on which the obligation to hear the FOEN (Art. 6 para. 2 ForA) is determined, are all deforestation areas that:
1. are included in the deforestation application;
2. were deforested for the same works in the 15 years previous to the submission of the deforestation application, or for which deforestation is still allowed.