After deduction of expenses for its cooperation in the performance of this Act, the Confederation will use the proceeds of the tax on mineral oils affected by road traffic and the net proceeds of the road use charge National: ¹

A. ²

For funding national roads;

B. ³

For contributions at the expense of major roads;

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Measures to improve transport infrastructure in towns and cities;

C.

For other contributions to the financing of technical measures, namely:

1. ⁵

Contributions to the costs of private railway connection tracks,

2.

Contributions to the costs of promoting the combined traffic and the rail transport of accompanied road vehicles,

3. ⁶

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4.

Contributions to the costs of environmental protection measures necessitated by road traffic,

5.

Contributions to the costs of landscape protection measures necessitated by road traffic,

6.

Contributions to the cost of protective works against nature forces along the roads;

D. ⁷

For contributions to the financing of non-technical measures, namely:

1.

General participation in the costs incurred by the cantons for roads open to motor vehicles,

2.

Subsidies to cantons that have no national roads open to traffic;

E.

For a provision, as it is necessary to ensure a balanced development of revenue and expenditure;

F.

For its expenditure on road research.

¹ When the budget was drawn up, the Federal Assembly divided the proceeds of the tax on mineral oils affected by road traffic between the various sectors of activity. ¹

² The share of national road expenses is determined on the basis of:

A.

The requirements of the annual and long-term construction programmes that the Federal Council fixes for these roads after having heard the cantons;

B.

The maintenance and operation of these roads.

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⁵ The contribution to the financing of non-technical measures is set for four years; it amounts to at least 10 % of the product of the tax on mineral oils affected by road traffic. ³

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¹ Contributions shall be granted within the limits of available resources.

² It shall not be granted a contribution of less than 30 000 francs; this restriction shall not apply to the federal shares paid for the completion of the network of national roads as decided or to contributions at the expense of the measures of Protection of the environment, nature and landscape.

¹ The funding covers:

A.

Costs of construction, development, maintenance and operation of national roads;

B.

Participation in the costs of completing the network of national roads as decided ¹ Pursuant to s. 11.

² Financing of ancillary facilities within the meaning of Art. 7 of the Federal Act of 8 March 1960 on National Roads ² Falls within the competence of the cantons.

¹ Construction refers to the construction of a new road; by development, all construction measures relating to a service road are understood.

² Construction and development include:

A.

Planning, baseline studies, project development, work direction, monitoring and administrative tasks;

B.

Acquisition of land, including parcellar redesigns related to road construction;

C.

The necessary construction and adaptation work, including the replacement of forest and country roads, bicycle paths, pedestrian paths and hiking trails;

D.

Measures to protect the environment and the landscape and measures to protect against the forces of nature;

E.

Equipment that is used to ensure safety and unloading of the road, including chemical accident response centres, weight and traffic control devices and parking lanes or areas;

F.

Traffic management facilities, such as the Traffic Management Plant and the Transportation Data Centre.

³ Costs of construction and development of facilities within the meaning of s. 6 of the Federal Act of 8 March 1960 on National Roads ¹ Which are carried out at the request of the cantons and which serve mainly cantonal, regional or local interests are assumed by the cantons. Future maintenance costs should also be taken into account. In exceptional cases, the Confederation may participate in the cost of up to 30 %. The Federal Council decides in this case

¹ Maintenance refers to the renewal and maintenance of project-related roads.

² Project maintenance and national highway renewal include:

A.

Work to conserve roads and their technical facilities, including work on roadways and works of art;

B.

The additional work and work done to adapt the roads in service to new legal requirements.

³ Maintenance costs for facilities within the meaning of s. 6 of the Federal Act of 8 March 1960 on National Roads ¹ Which are carried out at the request of the cantons and which serve mainly cantonal, regional or local interests are assumed by the cantons. The Confederation may participate in maintenance costs in the same proportion as for construction costs. The Federal Council regulates the modalities.

⁴ Expenditure related to the establishment of projects, the work itself and the costs of supervision and administration shall be considered fresh.

¹ Operations include routine maintenance, non-project maintenance, traffic management and protection services.

² Routine maintenance includes all the measures and work required to ensure safe and usable roads, including winter service, cleaning of traffic lanes and stop strips, and maintenance of central berms and berms. Slope, all work to ensure the permanent operation of the traffic facilities as well as minor repairs.

³ Maintenance work that is not the subject of a project includes all the measures and works that are used for the conservation of roads and their technical facilities and which can be carried out without significant planning and Lower cost.

⁴ Traffic management shall include all the measures and works necessary for safe and fluid traffic on national roads, in particular:

A.

Network management, operational management and traffic regulation;

B.

Road information, in particular the collection and processing of data and the establishment and dissemination of road information enabling road users to make optimal decisions before and during a trip on National roads.

⁵ Protective services shall include all measures and works necessary for the safety of traffic on national roads and for the protection of persons and the environment, in particular fire protection and protection Pollution by hydrocarbons and chemical or radioactive materials.

⁶ Expenditure related to the establishment of projects, the work itself and the costs of supervision and administration shall be considered fresh.

¹ With regard to the completion of the network of national roads as decided ¹ , the Confederation takes on the following shares of construction costs within the meaning of Art. 8, para. 2:

A.

First or second class national roads:

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Outside the cities: 75 to 90 %,

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In cities: 50 to 80 %;

B.

Third-class national roads:

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In the regions of the Alps and Jura: 75 to 90 %;

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Outside these regions: 55 to 70 %;

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In cities: 50 to 70 %.

² Taxes on real estate gains, transfer rights, stamp duties and other taxes owing under the cantonal law are not covered.

³ The Federal Council shall determine the rate of participation, taking into account the charges imposed on the various cantons by the national roads, the financial capacity of these roads and the interest that these roads have for them.

⁴ Where the financial capacity of the canton is insufficient and the construction of a national road is of general interest to the country, the Federal Council may exceptionally extend participation above the maximum rate. However, this must not be exceeded by more than 7 % of the chargeable costs.

⁵ Art. 8, para. 3, is applicable to the facilities which are carried out at the request of the cantons and which serve as a preponderant function of cantonal, regional or local interests.

⁶ The Confederation made its payments as preliminary work and construction progressed. It may grant advances to a reasonable interest on payments to be made by the cantons or, in cases of thoroughness, to allocate loans. The Federal Council shall fix the terms of payment.

¹ After having heard the cantons, the Federal Council defined the network of main roads which benefited from the contributions of the Confederation. ¹

² The main road network comprises communication routes, which are important for Swiss or international traffic, which do not belong to the network of national roads.

³ In the regions of the Alps and the Jura, roads whose improvement or construction are of particular importance can be declared to be of particular importance for:

A.

National or international transit traffic;

B.

Tourism development;

C.

Maintaining or strengthening the economic structure of peripheral regions.

⁴ Outside the regions of the Alps and the Jura, can be declared main roads:

A.

Major communication routes related to foreign routes of the same class;

B.

Roads linking national roads and cities, as well as various parts or regions of the country;

C.

The access roads to the regions of the Alps and the Jura which connect the national roads to these regions.

¹ The provision that the Confederation grants to the cantons is in the form of global contributions.

² Global contributions are calculated on the basis of:

A.

Road length;

B.

The density of traffic, which includes environmental damage;

C.

The altitude and character of the mountain road.

³ The Federal Council shall lay down the criteria laid down in para. 2 and sets the cantons' shares to the annual appropriation. It hears the cantons before enacting the implementing provisions.

In their implementing provisions, the cantons may prescribe that expropriations shall be made in accordance with the Federal Law of 20 June 1930 on expropriation ¹ In this case, the right of expropriation, within the meaning of s. 3, para. 2, of the said Act, is conferred on them.

The cantons build, maintain and operate the main roads. They use global contributions to accomplish these tasks.

¹ The Confederation provides contributions for transport infrastructure that makes the overall system of transport in cities and towns more efficient and sustainable.

² The contributions of the Confederation are paid to finance the development of infrastructure for the benefit of roads, rail and soft mobility.

³ Contributions can also be made to finance the corresponding measures taken abroad in border regions.

⁴ Operating contributions are excluded.

¹ The contributions of the Confederation are paid to the cantons for the responsible bodies. The latter are constituted according to the cantonal law.

² The Federal Council designates cities and agglomerations entitled to contributions after having heard the cantons. It is based on the definition of the Federal Statistics Office.

³ Contributions to railway infrastructure for agglomeration traffic shall be paid to transport undertakings through the financing instruments provided for in the legislation on the railways. The contribution to the lead agency is reduced accordingly.

Contributions can be made if the responsible bodies prove in the agglomeration project that:

A.

The planned projects are part of a comprehensive transport planning and are harmonised with higher-level transport networks and the development of urbanisation as set out in the Cantonal Management Plans;

B.

Planned projects are in accordance with Cantonal Management Plans;

C.

The residual financing of the investments for the planned projects is duly guaranteed and the costs of operation and maintenance are bearable;

D.

Investments for planned projects have a positive overall effect.

¹ Contributions are calculated on the basis of the overall efficiency of agglomeration projects. They amount to 50 % at the most expense taken into account.

² Overall effectiveness is the ratio of the cost to the following objectives:

A.

Improving the quality of the transport system;

B.

Development of urbanization within the built fabric;

C.

Reduced harm to the environment and resource use;

D.

Increased traffic safety.

³ Priority is given to agglomeration projects which contribute to solving the most important transport and environmental problems.

¹ General participation in the cost of roads open to motor vehicles shall be determined on the basis of: ²

A. ³

The length of roads open to motor vehicles, without national roads;

B.

Road charges borne by the cantons.

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² In cases of thoroughness, additional financial assistance may be granted to the cantons with low financial or sparsely populated capacity, for which the construction, renewal, major maintenance, routine maintenance or monitoring and Regulation of traffic by the police is a particularly heavy burden. ⁵

³ The Federal Council shall hear the cantons before laying down the implementing provisions. ⁶

⁴ The cantons use these contributions to carry out the road tasks. ⁷

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² Cantons without national roads receive annual equalization payments. These amounts shall be calculated on the basis of the length of the roads open to motor vehicles and road loads of the said cantons. ³

^2bis Where existing roads are integrated into the network of national roads, the annual amounts paid under equalization shall be collected by the cantons concerned as long as no major development is carried out on roads Located on their territory. ⁴

³ The Federal Council shall lay down the arrangements after having heard the cantons concerned.

⁴ The cantons use these contributions to carry out the road tasks. ⁵

¹ The Federal Council shall establish a road account indicating, on the one hand, the revenue attributable to the authorities deriving from the traffic of motor vehicles and, on the other hand, the costs incurred by that traffic.

² If required by the Federal Council, the cantons are obliged to provide the necessary evidence for the establishment of the account.

The Confederation encourages research and studies relating to the construction and maintenance of roads, the effects of road traffic and other tasks related to road traffic.

¹ After deduction of expenses for its cooperation in the performance of this Act, the Confederation will use the proceeds of tax on mineral oils affected in accordance with s. 86, para. 3 ^Bis From the Constitution to air traffic, according to the following distribution key:

A.

A quarter for contributions to the cost of environmental protection measures that air traffic requires;

B.

A quarter for contributions to the costs of security measures designed to protect air traffic against infringements, in particular terrorist attacks and hijacking of aircraft, provided that such measures do not fall within the scope of the Public authorities;

C.

Half for contributions at the expense of measures to promote a high level of technical safety in air traffic.

² The Federal Council defines:

A.

The period during which the average contribution to the various business lines must correspond to the distribution key;

B.

The conditions to which it may be provisionally derogated from the distribution key.

³ The Federal Office for Civil Aviation (OFAC) allocates contributions within a sector of activity. It prefixes the priorities and intends to this end the circles concerned.

¹ No one shall have the right to the grant of contributions.

² Contributions shall be granted within the limits of available resources.

³ The Federal Council sets the criteria for the granting of contributions and rules the procedure.

¹ The Federal Council sets out for each sector of activity referred to in s. 37 D , 37 E And 37 F , let. B to d, the maximum participation of the Confederation at the expense of a measure receiving support. This participation cannot be greater than 80 %.

² The Federal Council regulates the calculation of contributions; it defines in particular the costs to be taken into account and the criteria on the basis of which the OFAC determines the amount of contributions in this case.

In order to limit the effects of air traffic on the environment, the Confederation may grant contributions at the expense of the following measures and activities, provided that their financing is not provided by other sources:

A.

Measures to protect the population from the effects of noise caused by air traffic;

B.

Measures to protect the public against the effects of emissions of pollutants from the aeronautical infrastructure and aircraft;

C.

Measures to adapt aircraft to protect the public against noise and polluting substances;

D.

Research on the effects of air traffic on the environment;

E.

Observation and appreciation of the effects of air traffic on the environment;

F.

Development of environmentally friendly flight procedures, as well as training and development for their application;

G.

Ecological compensation measures for aerodromes.

The Confederation may grant contributions at the expense of the following measures and activities to protect air traffic against infringements:

A.

Screening and surveillance of passengers, hand luggage, hold baggage and aircraft;

B.

Measures to protect infrastructure and aircraft against physical or electronic damage;

C.

Training of security personnel at aerodromes;

D.

Research, development and quality assurance measures.

In order to promote a high level of technical safety in air traffic, the Confederation may grant contributions:

A.

Financing of the approach and departure control services on Swiss aerodromes with an air navigation service;

B.

The costs of accident prevention programmes in air traffic and the costs of research and development projects;

C.

Costs of construction measures;

D.

Development costs of technical systems;

E.

Training and development costs.