Relocation Act

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Basic data
Title: Federal law on shifting heavy goods traffic across the Alps from road to rail
Short title: Freight Transport Shift Act
Previous title: Relocation Act
Abbreviation: GVVG
Type: Federal law
Scope: Switzerland
Legal matter: traffic
Systematic
legal collection (SR) :		 740.1
Original version from: October 8, 1999
Entry into force on: January 1, 2001
Last revision from: December 19, 2008
Entry into force of the
new version on:		 January 1, 2010
Last change by: no changes
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The federal law on the shifting of heavy goods traffic across the Alps to the railways of October 8, 1999 , or the Relocation Law for short ( SR 740.1), is a Swiss federal law that should ensure that as much heavy goods traffic across the Alps as possible is to be shifted from the road to the railroad . This goal is defined in the constitutional article for the protection of the Alps (BV Art. 84). The relocation law was passed as a temporary law; it came into force on January 1, 2001 and was valid until the end of 2010 at the latest. The temporary law was replaced by the Freight Transport Shift Act (GVVG), which was passed by the Federal Council on December 19, 2008 and came into force on January 1, 2010 .

The 1999 law stipulated that the number of heavy goods vehicles crossing the Alps should be reduced to a maximum of 650,000 per year by no later than one year after the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel . Seven articles describe goals and how to achieve them. The most important measures are:

Since not all measures take effect immediately, accompanying measures were decided in 1999, which also came into force in 2001. This includes temporary subsidies for rail freight traffic and measures to better enforce the applicable regulations in heavy road traffic (intensification of traffic controls).

The Freight Transport Shift Act of 2008 adheres to the set target of 650,000 journeys per year and requires this to be achieved no later than two years after the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (regulated in Article 3: Shift target). The accompanying measures, such as road traffic controls and subsidies for combined transport , will also be continued (Article 8: Promotion of rail freight transport). This is the only way to ensure that unaccompanied combined transport (container transport) and rolling country roads remain competitive with road traffic.

As a new instrument of relocation policy , the GVVG included the introduction of an Alpine transit exchange . In Article 6, the Federal Council is authorized to negotiate on this, whereby a relaxation of the night driving ban was excluded.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Relocation report 2009, p. 7 ( page no longer available , search in web archives: PDF, 2.5 MB )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bav.admin.ch

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