Archiving Ordinance
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Art. 1 Subject matter
1 This Ordinance governs the rights and obligations of the bodies required to offer their documents to the Swiss Federal Archives (the Federal Archives) and the independent archiving bodies within the scope of the Act, the rights and obligations of the Federal Archives, and access to and the commercial use of the archive records. 2 Unless otherwise provided below, the provisions apply by analogy to independent archiving bodies.
Art. 2 Scope of application
(Art. 1 ArchA) 1 The Federal Assembly, the Federal Council, the Parliamentary Services, the Swiss National Bank and the federal bodies listed in Annex 1 and defined in Article 1 paragraph 1 letters b – d and g of the Act shall fall within the scope of this Ordinance. 2 The autonomous institutes of the Confederation and similar federal institutions as per Article 1 paragraph 1 letter e of the Act that are subject to this Ordinance are listed in Annex 2. 3 Public or private law bodies in terms of Article 1 paragraph 1 letter h of the Act are deemed to be persons or institutions assigned sovereign competencies, specifically powers of disposal, or subject to full, direct supervision by the Confederation in their enforcement tasks. The Federal Department of Home Affairs (Department) shall list these persons and institutions in an ordinance. 4 The Department may amend or supplement Annexes 1 and 2 in consultation with the relevant bodies.
Art. 3 Transparency
(Art. 2 para. 2 and Art. 5 paras. 2 and 3 ArchA) 1 The bodies required to offer their documents to the Federal Archives shall ensure that their activities can be verified and justified on the basis of those documents. They shall take the organisational, administrative and technical measures necessary for the production and management of documents fit for archiving. 2 ...
Para. 2 — Repealed by Art. 20 No 2 of the GEVER Ordinance of 3 April 2019, with effect from 1 April 2020 (AS 2019 1311).