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