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Art. 1 Bundesgesetz vom 7. Oktober 1983 über den Umweltschutz (USG) - Zweck

USG; 1. Titel: Grundsätze und allgemeine Bestimmungen; 1. Kapitel: Grundsätze

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Art. 1 USG · Zweck

Dieses Gesetz soll Menschen, Tiere und Pflanzen, ihre Lebensgemeinschaften und Lebensräume gegen schädliche oder lästige Einwirkungen schützen sowie die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen, insbesondere die biologische Vielfalt und die Fruchtbarkeit des Bodens, dauerhaft erhalten.

Im Sinne der Vorsorge sind Einwirkungen, die schädlich oder lästig werden könnten, frühzeitig zu begrenzen.

Bundesgesetz vom 7. Oktober 1983 über den Umweltschutz (USG) - Zweck Art. 2 USG →

Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (163)

BRGE.I.Nrn.0095.009 · zh (Art. 1 Abs. 1 USG)

Recycling Collection Noise Appeal Granted Due to Insufficient Assessment

Cited to establish that the Environmental Protection Act also protects animals, their communities, and habitats from harmful or annoying influences, including excessive noise.

BRGE.III.Nr.0091.20 · zh (Art. 1 Abs. 1 USG)

Energy Plant Permit Upheld Despite Emission Concerns

Cited as the general objective of the Environmental Protection Act to protect people from harmful or annoying air pollutants.

VWBES.2007.281 · so (Art. 1 Abs. 1 USG)

Silo Expansion Odor Nuisance Appeal Dismissed

Cited in the reasoning regarding the goal of protecting people from air pollution, but not explicitly mentioned in the operative part.

VB.2005.00037 · zh (Art. 1 Abs. II USG)

Appealability of Rejection of Environmental Waste Disposal Enforcement

Cited as an applicable legal norm, likely related to federal environmental or waste regulations.

AGVE.2003.55 · ag (Art. 1 Abs. 2 USG)

Horse Keeping in Residential Zone with Emission Controls

Applied to ensure that necessary emission-reducing measures are taken based on the precautionary principle.

VB.2005.00037 · zh (Art. 1 Abs. II USG)

Appeal Regarding PCB-Contaminated Plastic Mat Disposal Order

This provision was cited, but its specific role in the final order is not detailed beyond being a legal norm whose application was confirmed.

A-1864/2023 (Art. 1 LPAmb)

Railway Infrastructure Project Approval Challenges

States the purpose of the Federal Act on Environmental Protection, including preventing damage from harmful or annoying emissions.

WBE.2025.162 · ag (Art. 1 Abs. 2 USG)

Building Permit Dispute Over Attic Floor and Light Pollution

Defines the principle of prevention in environmental protection, requiring early limitation of harmful or bothersome impacts.

RRB.2024.001048 · ag (Art. 1 Abs. 1 USG)

Property Owner Denied Permit for Facade Advertising Lights Due to Light Pollution Concerns

Cited as the purpose of the Federal Act on Environmental Protection, to protect against harmful and annoying influences.

BRGE.III.Nrn.0117.0 · zh (Art. 1 Abs. 1 und Art. 7 Abs. 1 USG)

Appeals Against Mobile Phone Antenna Permit Dismissed for Lack of Standing and Merits

These provisions define the scope of environmental protection against harmful or disturbing effects, including non-ionizing radiation, providing the legal basis for the regulations on non-ionizing radiation.

RRB.Nr.2024.000451 · ag (Art. 1 Abs. 1 USG)

Municipality's Responsibility for Excavated Material Disposal Costs

This provision, which generally states that soil fertility must be permanently preserved, supports the underlying purpose of the contested requirement.

A-4156/2021 (Art. 1 Abs. 2 USG)

Airport Conversion Approval Overturned Due to Drainage Rights Issue

States that environmental impacts that could become harmful or annoying must be limited at an early stage, based on the precautionary principle.

VWBES.2023.82 · so (Art. 1 Abs. 1 USG)

Appeal Regarding Mobile Radio Facility Upgrade in Protected Agricultural Zone Dismissed

Cited in the reasoning to define the purpose of the Environmental Protection Act, but not in the dispositive.

VWBES.2023.82 · so (Art. 1 Abs. 2 USG)

Appeal Regarding Mobile Radio Facility Upgrade in Protected Agricultural Zone Dismissed

Cited in the reasoning regarding the precautionary principle, but not in the dispositive.

VWBES.2023.165 · so (Art. 1 Abs. 1 USG)

Appeal Dismissed Regarding 5G Conversion Building Permit and Radiation Concerns

Cited in the reasoning when addressing the challenge based on the precautionary principle under federal environmental law, but not used in the dispositive.