Art. 23f Ordinance of 31 October 2012 on Livestock Breeding (OLB) - Granting of Contributions for the Preservation of Swiss Breeds with a "Critical" or "Threatened" Status

Anyone wishing to obtain contributions for the preservation of Swiss breeds with a "critical" or "threatened" status must submit an application to the relevant recognized breeding organization. The application must be submitted once during the year in which the eligible party wishes to receive the contributions.

Entitled to a contribution: a. for bovine, equine, porcine, ovine, and caprine species: anyone who, at the time of the birth of the first live-born descendant of a progenitor during the reference period, is the owner of that progenitor; b. for honeybees: anyone who, at the time of the fertilization of the first fertilized descendant of a queen during the reference period, is the owner of that queen.

The recognized breeding organization verifies the right to the contributions.

It requests the payment of contributions from the FOAG based on a list of male and female progenitors or honeybee queens and drone queen bees for which contributions are to be granted during the relevant reference period. During a reference period, the payment of only one contribution can be requested per animal or queen.

The FOAG pays the contributions to the recognized breeding organization, which, in turn, disburses them to the entitled parties no later than 60 days after receiving them from the FOAG.

The recognized breeding organization communicates to the FOAG, no later than 31 October preceding the contribution year, the estimated number of males and females or the number of honeybee queens and drone queen bees entitled to contributions.

The FOAG publishes the contributions disbursed to recognized breeding organizations.

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