1. État, peuple, "Authorities" 10. Constitution and Other Fundamental Acts

This agreement regulates, after the transfer of the municipal town of Moutier (hereinafter referred to as "the town of Moutier") into the Republic and Canton of Jura (hereinafter referred to as "the Canton of Jura"), the financing of educational services in the field of health.

The purpose of this agreement is to ensure the compensation of service providers participating in the training of medical and healthcare personnel located within the territory of the commune of Moutier after the date of the transfer of the commune of Moutier to the canton of Jura (hereinafter: "the date of the transfer").

This agreement applies to the following providers located within the territory of the municipality of Moutier

a) providers of services in the hospital sector participating in postgraduate medical training;

b) providers of services in the outpatient sector participating in postgraduate medical training;

c) providers of services participating in practical training and further education in non-university health professions as defined by the Bernese law of June 13, 2013, on hospital care.

The Canton of Bern shall continue to assume the ordinary compensations provided by the agreement dated 20 November 2014 on the contributions of cantons to hospitals regarding the financing of postgraduate medical training and on the inter-cantonal burden compensation (CFFP) until 31 December 2028 at the latest.

Upon the conclusion of an agreement between the cantons and the Conference of Cantonal Health Directors that modifies the contributions stipulated by the CFFP, paragraph 1 shall cease to be effective.

From the date of the transfer, postgraduate medical training in the fields of pediatrics and child psychiatry at the hospital sector in Moutier no longer benefits from additional compensation under the Bernese legislation.

The Canton of Bern is authorized to compensate for training services provided in 2025 at the Moutier site in underfunded disciplines, until December 31, 2026.

Legal recourse is governed by Bernese law.

The Canton of Bern may order compensatory payments to service providers in the hospital sector with a site located in the municipality of Moutier for the year 2025, up to December 31, 2026.

The legal remedies are governed by Bernese law.

From the date of the transfer, postgraduate medical training in the outpatient sector in Moutier no longer benefits from ordinary compensation under Bernese legislation.

The canton of Bern is authorized to compensate for the training services in the outpatient sector provided in 2025 in the municipality of Moutier, until December 31, 2026.

Legal recourse is governed by Bernese law.

1. From the date of the transfer, postgraduate medical training for specialties that are under-resourced in the hospital and ambulatory sectors in Moutier will no longer be eligible for incentive subsidies according to Bernese legislation.

2. The Canton of Bern is authorized to subsidize training services provided in 2025 within the municipality of Moutier that benefit from a Bernese incentive subsidy, until December 31, 2026.

3. Legal remedies are governed by Bernese law.

The canton of Bern will no longer establish calculations related to the training obligation for institutions established in Moutier as of the date of transfer. The calculation for the year 2025 must be established by December 31, 2026, at the latest. The canton of Bern is authorized to compensate the institutions established in Moutier or, if necessary, to require compensatory payments from them until December 31, 2027. The legal remedies are governed by Bernese law.

For institutions operating in the canton of Bern and in the canton of Jura with their headquarters in the municipality of Moutier, the distribution of internship weeks declared to a canton is conducted until December 31, 2027, in proportion to the care hours provided in that same canton.

The cantons exchange the necessary information about institutions established in Moutier for the accounting of internship weeks.

This agreement enters into force on January 1, 2026.