Ordinance relating to the Expropriation Law. Country/Territory Switzerland Territorial subdivision Schwyz Document type Regulation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Expropriation Liability/compensation Land valuation Transfer Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 April 2011. Abstract The present Ordinance enforces the Expropriation Law of 22 April 2009. Article 7 establishes that the competent authority shall decide on the admissibility of expropriation, if no agreement can be reached in expropriation negotiations. The text consists of 24 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Expropriation proceedings (II); Procedures for expropriation of material (III); Valuation proceedings (IV); Valuation Commission (V); Ban on expropriation (VI); Final provisions (VII). Full text German Website www.sz.ch References - Legislation Implements Expropriation Law. Legislation | Switzerland | 2009 Keyword: Expropriation, Land-use planning, Land tenure, Land consolidation, Liability/compensation, Land valuation, Transfer, Ownership Source: FAO, FAOLEX