Art. 71 Act on the Protection of Nature and the Landscape (LPrPNP) - Transitional Provisions

1. Municipal zoning plans that have already been submitted for preliminary examination under Article 37 LATC [E] at the time this law comes into effect are not subject to the obligations of Article 27, paragraph 1. Furthermore, the provisions of this law apply to ongoing procedures at the time of its entry into force.

2. Natural and landscape heritage items listed in a cantonal inventory prior to the entry into force of this law are automatically included in the cantonal inventories referred to in Articles 19 and following. They must be entered into the CRDPPF within a maximum period of four years following the entry into force of this law.

3. Protected under this law are natural and landscape heritage items classified according to the law of December 10, 1969, on the protection of nature, monuments, and sites [W] (LPNMS), and they remain so. Contracts or other protective or management measures taken under the said law also remain in force.

4. Until the adoption of the inventories provided for in Articles 19 and following, any intervention likely to affect a biotope worthy of protection within the meaning of Article 14, paragraph 3, of the Federal Ordinance of January 16, 1991, on the protection of nature and landscape [C] (OPN) or a protected species within the meaning of Article 20 OPN is subject to a special authorization by the service.

5. Until the adoption of the remarkable trees inventory, municipal tree protection regulations apply, with the exception of provisions dealing with compensation. When a fee is due for the removal of a remarkable tree, the replacement value is calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Swiss Union of Public Parks and Promenades.