Commentaries: Art. 89

Measures concerning individual farms shall be supported if the following requirements are met:
1. ¹ the farm must provide an existence in the longer term, if necessary with a second income from outside the agricultural sector, and require an appropriate and at least a normal amount of labour;
2. ² the applicant must run the farm in a commercially successful manner;
3. ³ the farm must be able to provide proof of ecological performance under the terms of Article 70a paragraph 2 after the investment;
4. ⁴ the funding and acceptability of the planned investment in view of future economic conditions must be guaranteed;
5. the applicant must contribute his or her own funds and loans as far as possible;
6. the applicant must have a suitable training;
7. ⁵ the owner must run their own farm or do so after investment;
8. ⁶ the tenant farmer must prove that they have the right to carry out structural measures or, in the case of investment loans, that the tenancy agreement has been entered in the land register for the fixed duration of the loan in accordance with Article 290 of the Swiss Code of Obligations⁷.
The Federal Council may set the labour limit lower than that stated in paragraph 1, letter a:
1. in order to ensure the farm is operative or to guarantee an adequate population density;
2. in the case of measures aimed at diversifying activities within the agricultural or closely associated sectors.⁸
The Federal Council may provide for exemptions from paragraph 1 letter g.⁹

Amended by No I of the FA of 20 June 2003, in force since 1 Jan. 2004 (AS 2003 4217;BBl 2002 4721,7234). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 16 June 2023, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 623;BBl 2020 3955). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 22 March 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 3463,3863;BBl 2012 2075). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 22 March 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 3463,3863;BBl 2012 2075). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 16 June 2023, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 623;BBl 2020 3955). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 16 June 2023, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 623;BBl 2020 3955). ↩
SR 220 ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 22 June 2007, in force since 1 Jan. 2008 (AS 2007 6095;BBl 2006 6337). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 16 June 2023, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 623;BBl 2020 3955). ↩

Art. 89

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