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Ordinance on the promotion of quality and the network of ecological compensation areas in agriculture (Cantonal Ecological Quality Ordinance).

Country/Territory
Switzerland
Territorial subdivision
Schaffhausen
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Financial agricultural measures Subsidy/incentive Inspection Ecological production/organic production Crops/grasses
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters retroactively into force on 1 January 2002.
Abstract

The purpose of the present Ordinance is to implement the Federal Ecological Quality Ordinance. Article 2 establishes that the Agricultural Office – involving also the Planning and Nature Protection Office - is the competent authority in the Canton. The text consists of 11 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Network projects (II); Amount of contributions and financing (III); Administration and enforcement (IV); Final provisions (V).

Full text
German
Website
www.sh.ch

References - Legislation

Implements

Ordonnance sur la promotion régionale de la qualité et de la mise en réseau des surfaces de compensation écologique dans l'agriculture (Ordonnance sur la qualité écologique, OQE).

Legislation | Switzerland | 2001 (2011)

Keyword: Financial agricultural measures, Subsidy/incentive, Inspection, Ecological production/organic production, Crops/grasses

Source: FAO, FAOLEX