1 State - People - Authorities - 15 Authorities - 152 Council of State and Cantonal Administration

The various fees collected for actions emanating from the Council of State and its departments are set as follows

a) Civil Law [1]

b) Public Health [2]

Application for a license to trade in wines ...

200.–

Modification of the application for a license to trade in wines

100.–

2. Lotteries

Authorization to organize and operate a lottery; 2% of the minimum issue value .........................................................................

10.–

d) Chancellery Fees [3]

1. Legalizations

2. Copies of decree [4]

3. Regarding registered partnerships [5]

210.–

105.–

105.–

158.–

[7] In the event of the issuance of an authorization for the alienation or modification of a building encumbered with a notice within the meaning of Article 26 of the Agricultural Structural Improvements Act (LASA), dated November 10, 1999, [8] a fee of 150 francs shall be levied.

[9] 1 Formative or declaratory decisions rendered pursuant to Article 10, paragraph 1, letters a, b, and d, of the Introductory Law to the Federal Law on Agricultural Lease, dated October 14, 1986 [10], are subject to a fee of 100 francs; those rendered pursuant to letters c, e, and f, to a fee of 200 francs.

2. When the subject of the request concerns an estimation of the rent for an agricultural enterprise, the following fee is charged

Yield Value

Fee

Fr.

Fr.

Fr.

up to

100,000.–

..................................................

200.–

from

100,001.–

to

200,000.–

..................................................

300.–

over

200,000.–

..................................................

400.–

3. When the subject of the request concerns an estimation of the rent for one or more agricultural properties (plots or buildings), the fee is 50 francs per property.

[11] 1 Decisions made by the Agricultural Land Commission, under Article 3 of the Introductory Law to the Federal Law on Rural Land Rights (LILDFR), dated October 4, 1993 [12], are subject to the following fees

250.–

b) special authorization for the subdivision of agricultural property

250.–

c) authorization for the acquisition of a farming enterprise or an agricultural property

Transfer price

Fee

Fr.

Fr.

Fr.

up to

10,000.–

..................................................

150.–

from

10,001.–

to

30,000.–

..................................................

170.–

from

30,001.–

to

50,000.–

..................................................

200.–

from

50,001.–

to

70,000.–

..................................................

240.–

from

70,001.–

to

90,000.–

..................................................

260.–

from

90,001.–

to

150,000.–

..................................................

300.–

from

150,001.–

to

250,000.–

..................................................

320.–

from

250,001.–

to

350,000.–

..................................................

400.–

from

350,001.–

to

450,000.–

..................................................

450.–

over

450,000.–

..................................................

500.–

d) authorization of a loan exceeding the maximum charge for agricultural properties

Amount of exceedance of the maximum charge

Fee

Fr.

Fr.

Fr.

up to

50,000.–

..................................................

200.–

from

50,001.–

to

100,000.–

..................................................

250.–

from

100,001.–

to

200,000.–

..................................................

300.–

from

200,001.–

to

400,000.–

..................................................

350.–

over

400,000.–

..................................................

400.–

e) valuation or approval of the yield value and maximum charge of a farming enterprise or an agricultural property

Yield value

Fee

Fr.

Fr.

Fr.

up to

100,000.–

..................................................

250.–

from

100,001.–

to

200,000.–

..................................................

300.–

from

200,001.–

to

300,000.–

..................................................

400.–

over

300,000.–

..................................................

500.–

f) authorization of leasing

..................................................

100.–

g) certificate of maximum charge

..................................................

100.–

h) decision on reduced lease duration

..................................................

150.–

i) decision on non-agricultural nature determination of properties located in an agricultural zone

..................................................

250.–

2. The decisions related to authorizations mentioned in items a, b, and d are subject to a fee ranging from 70 to 120 francs; the decisions related to authorizations mentioned in item c are subject to the fee prescribed for formative decisions.

[13] Decisions regarding the recognition of forms of exploitation are subject to the following fees

- simple exploitation (operated by an association)

- partial community of exploitation or

[14] 1 In the event of a grant for structural improvements for the execution of rural constructions mentioned in Articles 50 to 52 of the implementation regulation of the law on structural improvements in agriculture (RELASA), dated January 19, 2000 [15], the following fee is charged

Amount of the grant

Fee

CHF

CHF

CHF

Up to

20,000.–

..................................................

200.–

from

20,001.–

to

40,000.–

..................................................

300.–

from

40,001.–

to

60,000.–

..................................................

400.–

from

60,001.–

to

80,000.–

..................................................

500.–

from

80,001.–

to

100,000.–

..................................................

600.–

from

100,001.–

to

140,000.–

..................................................

700.–

from

140,001.–

to

180,000.–

..................................................

800.–

over

180,000.–

..................................................

1,100.–

2. Studies for rural engineering works, carried out by the office of structural improvements, are billed at the rate of 8% of the construction cost.

3. Geometric operations and studies conducted by said office within the framework of land reorganization are billed based on a rate accepted by the Confederation.

[16] The admission of livestock to a public market in accordance with Article 12 of the Regulation concerning Animal Production, dated December 17, 1997, is subject to a fee of 50 francs.

[17] Expert assessments in the fields mentioned in Articles 1a to 1e, which are not the subject of a decision, as well as expert assessments requested in the agricultural and viticultural sectors, are subject to a fee calculated based on the time spent at an hourly rate of 120 francs, excluding taxes.

bis [18] 1 Operations and services required from the direct payments office incur fees for requests, registrations, modifications, and notifications made outside the legal deadlines.

2. Late validation of registrations for types of direct payments and specific programs is subject to a fee of 100 francs. Modifications are subject to a fee of 200 francs.

3. Late validation of the direct payments request is subject to a fee of 100 francs. Late notifications are subject to a fee ranging from 200 to 400 francs depending on their complexity.

4. Late notifications and modifications for resource efficiency measures are subject to a fee

a) For soil-conserving cultivation techniques (sowing) from 200 to 400 francs depending on their complexity;

b) For spreading techniques that reduce emissions from 200 to 400 francs depending on their complexity.

[19] 1 The financial service, within the scope of its debt collection and debt reduction activities, is authorized to charge the debtor the following fees

32.–

53.–

32.–

85.–

85.–

160.–

53.–

105.–

j. During the processing of the debt reduction agreement, a flat fee advance of 630 francs will be required for claims whose cumulative amount is between 30,000 francs and 500,000 francs; an additional 100 francs will be charged for each additional claim tranche of 100,000 francs. The advance fee is 315 francs for claims whose cumulative amount is less than 30,000 francs.

50.–

2. The financial service may collect the fees in advance.

3. The fees related to debt collection are considered an enforceable title within the meaning of Article 80 of the Federal Act on Debt Collection and Bankruptcy.

[20] The processing of the annual access request by a recognized private school to the digital form of the Western Swiss educational resources (MER) is subject to a fee of 150 francs.

[21]

§ 2c [22]

[23] 1 The Council of State, the departments, the State Chancellery, and the administrative units under their authority collect a fee of 10 to 500 francs for various declarations, authorizations, attestations, and certified copies that they are required to issue, which are not provided for by this order or other legal or regulatory provisions, as well as for other services they are called upon to render.

2. The authorities mentioned in paragraph 1 may collect a fee between 10 and 50 francs in the case of a reminder, provided that such a fee is not stipulated by other legal or regulatory provisions.

3. The fee may exceed these amounts when the administrative intervention encounters considerable difficulties or requires particularly significant work.

[24] When a fee includes a minimum and a maximum amount, it is determined in each case according to the instructions issued by the competent department.

§ 3g [25]

[26]

[27]

Are hereby repealed all provisions contrary to this order, notably

1. the table annexed to the enforcement regulation of May 17, 1901, of the law on the exercise of itinerant professions, of January 24, 1888;

2. the order of January 18, 1907, setting the fee to be collected for cinematographs and moving sidewalks;

3. the order of January 29, 1909, setting the fee schedule for fees to be collected for lottery and raffle authorizations;

4. the order of May 12, 1916, concerning chancellery, prefecture, and departmental fees;

5. Article 7, first paragraph, of the order of September 15, 1916, concerning passports;

6. the order of October 24, 1916, setting a fee for the State's renunciation of succession rights;

7. the order of December 23, 1916, concerning the fees due for the publication and celebration of the marriage of foreigners in Switzerland;

8. the order of January 19, 1917, setting the fees for the approval of plans or authorization of industrial premises operations;

9. the order of January 26, 1917, concerning the practice of the itinerant distiller's trade;

10. the order of August 8, 1919, amending and supplementing the order of May 12, 1916, concerning chancellery, prefecture, and departmental fees.

This Order shall enter into force on January 15, 1921.

Transitional Provision to the Amendment of April 11, 1984 [28]

This Order shall enter into force

– in the case of Article 2, on May 1, 1984.