Defense Federal Council ensures resilience of protective structures
Due to the global threat situation, the Federal Council is ensuring the resilience of shelters. To this end, it is extending the obligation to build shelters to include conversions and changes of use and increasing the replacement levy from 800 to 1400 francs.
22.10.2025, 12:29
22.10.2025, 12:30
SDA
The revision of the Civil Protection Ordinance will come into force on January 1, 2026, as announced by the federal government on Wednesday. The annual budget for civil defense and command and control facilities will increase to CHF 14 to 15 million from 2027. This means that the federal government will continue to comply with the principle of "one shelter per inhabitant".
The Confederation is launching an investment program to renew protective structures for command bodies and civil protection. Over the next 15 years, around 200 shelters are to be modernized at an estimated total cost of CHF 220 million. The current annual budget for this is CHF 9 million. It is set to rise to 14 to 15 million from 2027.
Over the past sixty years, Switzerland has built a comprehensive protection infrastructure.
