A fine not exceeding CHF 20,000 shall be imposed on any person who wilfully:192
fails to comply with the limitations of emissions stipulated in this Act (Art. 12 and 34 para. 1);
fails to comply with remediation orders (Art. 16 and 32c para. 1);
fails to carry out officially ordered soundproofing measures (Art. 19–25);
provides false or incomplete information or instructions (Art. 27);
handles substances with no accompanying information or instructions in such a manner that they, their derivatives or waste may present a danger to the environment or indirectly endanger people (Art. 28);
burns waste illegally outside installations (Art. 30c para. 2);
deposits waste outside authorised landfills (Art. 30e para. 1);
infringes the notification requirements in connection with waste (Art. 32b para. 2 and 3);
infringes the regulations on waste (Art. 30a let. a and c, 30b, 30c para. 3, 30d, 30h para. 1, 31b para. 3, 32abis, 32b para. 4 and 32e para. 1–2bis);
infringes the regulations on resource-conserving construction (Art. 35j para. 1);
infringes the regulations on the movement of other forms of waste (Art. 30gpara. 1);
fails to guarantee coverage of the costs of closure, after-care and remediation of a landfill (Art. 32b para. 1);
infringes the regulations on physical impacts on and the use of the soil (Art. 33 para. 2 and 34 para. 1 and 2) or on measures to reduce the soil pollution (Art. 34 para. 3);
infringes regulations on the traceability of timber and wood products and raw materials and products specified by the Federal Council pursuant to Article 35eparagraph 3 and for which a documentation requirement has been imposed (Art. 35g para. 1);
infringes the regulations on placing series-produced installations197 on the market (Art. 40);
refuses to provide information to the competent authority or provides incorrect information (Art. 46);
infringes the regulations on providing a guarantee for liability (Art. 59b).
If the offender acts through negligence, the penalty is a fine.
Attempts and complicity are also offences.