Art. 160 : Landwirtschaftsgesetz (LG)

BVGE-2023-V-1 (Art. 160 Abs. 6 LwG)

Legality of Plant Protection Product Sales and Usage Deadlines Upheld

This provision allows for the recognition of foreign authorizations or revocations based on equivalent requirements, forming the basis for the transnational administrative act.

B-6478/2017 (Art. 160 LwG)

Manufacturer vs. Regulatory Agency: Non-Professional Use of Plant Protection Product

Used to regulate the approval requirement for agricultural production means.

C-5916/2008 (Art. 160 Abs. 1 LwG)

Company challenges plant protection product restriction due to inadequate risk assessment

Empowers the Federal Council to issue regulations concerning the import and marketing of agricultural aids.

C-6683/2008 (Art. 160 LwG)

Fungicide Application Limit Upheld to Prevent Resistance

Cited as the legal basis for the Federal Council to issue regulations concerning the marketing and use of agricultural inputs, including plant protection products.

C-717/2007 (Art. 160 Abs. 6 LwG)

Mootness and Merits of Challenge to Non-Licensable Product List

States that foreign approvals or their revocation, as well as foreign test reports and conformity certificates based on equivalent requirements, are recognized as far as the agronomic and environmental conditions for the use of the production means are comparable to those in Switzerland.

C-717/2007 (Art. 160 Abs. 7 LwG)

Mootness and Merits of Challenge to Non-Licensable Product List

States that the import and marketing of plant protection products approved in Switzerland and abroad are free.

C-344/2007 (Art. 160 Abs. 6 LWG)

Herbicide Approval Denied Due to Insufficient Efficacy and Added Benefit

Used to acknowledge that foreign approvals and test reports can be recognized if they are based on equivalent requirements and the conditions are comparable.

JAAC 67.98 (Art. 160 Abs. 7 LwG)

Foreign Plant Protection Product Import Authorization Case

Provides the legal basis for the free import and marketing of agricultural aids approved in Switzerland and abroad.