Commentaries: Art. 41d

The cantons shall devise the principles required to plan the rehabilitation of watercourses. The principles shall include information on the following in particular:
1. the ecomorphological condition of the waters;
2. the installations in the space provided for waters;
3. the ecological potential and the agricultural importance of the waters.
They shall set out in a plan for a period of 20 years the stretches of water to be rehabilitated, the form of the rehabilitation measures and the deadlines by which the measures must be implemented, and shall coordinate the plan with the neighbouring cantons to the extent that this is required. Rehabilitation projects shall primarily be planned where their benefits:
1. are substantial for nature and the landscape;
2. are substantial compared with the probable cost;
3. may be increased through coordination with other measures to protect natural habitats or to prevent flooding.
They shall adopt the plans under paragraph 2 for watercourses by 31 December 2014 and for standing waters by 31 December 2022. They shall submit the plans to the FOEN one year before their adoption so that the FOEN may comment thereon.¹
They shall renew the plans under paragraph 2 every 12 years for a period of 20 years and shall submit these plans to the FOEN one year before their adoption so that the FOEN may comment thereon.

Amended by No I 4 of the O of 28 Jan. 2015 on Amendments to Secondary Legislation on the Environment, in particular in relation to the programme agreements for the programme period 2016-2019, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 427). ↩

Art. 41d