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748.0Federal actKeepCompleted

Bundesgesetz vom 21. Dezember 1948 über die Luftfahrt (Luftfahrtgesetz, LFG)

Federal actLanguage DEDocument 21 December 1948In force 15 June 1950
Published verdict
Keep

The law broadly serves citizens without excessive burden.

Summary

The Aviation Act establishes federal sovereignty and control over Swiss airspace. It defines admissible aircraft, creates centralized supervision by the Federal Council, FOCA and military aviation authorities, empowers the state to conclude international aviation agreements, impose fees, restrict or prohibit use of airspace, require takeoff and landing at aerodromes, regulate airspace structure, border crossings, radiotelephony, inspections, emergency landings, safety, security, noise and environmental measures, and subject various aviation activities to permits and police rules.

Verdict reason
Aviation requires a hard-to-replicate legal framework for airspace allocation, safety oversight, border control and international interoperability. This law is interventionist, but the excerpt shows core institutional rules for coordinating a congested, cross-border, high-risk domain; without them, Swiss citizens would be materially worse off.
Review details
Status
Completed
Model
gpt-5.4
Method
better-switzerland-v2
Attempts
2
Input tokens
11068
Output tokens
182
Total tokens
11250
Estimated cost
$0.0304
Record metadata
Document date
21 December 1948
Entry into force
15 June 1950
Applicability
1 January 2026
Type
Federal act
Display ID
748.0
Canonical record
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/1950/471_491_479
Family URI
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/1950/471_491_479
Language
DE
Indexed sections (220)
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