Commentaries: Art. 38a

The Confederation provides financial assistance for measures that improve the profitability of sustainable forest management, in particular for:¹
1. inter-operational planning bases;
2. measures to improve the management conditions of the forestry operations;
3. temporary joint measures by the forestry and timber sector for advertising and marketing promotion in the case of exceptional wood supply;
4. the storage of wood in the case of exceptional wood supply;
5. ² promoting the training of forestry workers and the practical training of forestry experts at university level;
6. ³ measures that support the forest in being able to fulfil its functions even under changed climatic conditions, in particular for the management of young forest and propagation of plant material;
7. ⁴ adaptation or reconstitution of public infrastructure facilities, insofar as these are necessary as part of an overall forest management concept and take account of the forest as a close-to-nature habitat, and overdevelopment is avoided.
It provides financial assistance:
1. ⁵ for measures under paragraph 1 letters a, b and d–g: as global subsidies on the basis of programme agreements concluded with the cantons;
2. for measures under paragraph 1 letter e: by a ruling of the Federal Office.
The level of the financial assistance is based on the effectiveness of the measures.

Amended by No I of the FA of 18 March 2016, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 3207;BBl 2014 4909). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 18 March 2016, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 3207;BBl 2014 4909). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 18 March 2016, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 3207;BBl 2014 4909). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 18 March 2016, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 3207;BBl 2014 4909). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 18 March 2016, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 3207;BBl 2014 4909). ↩

Art. 38a