Archiving Ordinance
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Art. 23 Commercial use of archive records by the Federal Archives
(Art. 19 ArchA) The Federal Archives may use archive records for commercial purposes if this does not impede the sovereign business of state, if third parties are not thereby wrongfully disadvantaged in their business activities and if the commercial use is not opposed by copyright.
Art. 24 Transfer of rights to archive records for commercial use
(Art. 19 ArchA) 1 The Federal Archives may grant authorisation assigning rights to commercial use of archive records to third parties. The basis of such authorisation shall be a written application to the Federal Archives. 2 Such authorisation may be granted if: a. an agreement has been reached on the scope of such use and the level of compensation; b. no opposing rights are affected; and c. other users rights of use are not restricted. 3 If the rights of use are assigned to non-profit-making institutions or persons, the Federal Archives may waive the right to compensation. 4 Authorisation may be made conditional on requirements and conditions. 5 The consent of the Federal Archives is required for the commercial use of archive records of independent archiving bodies. 6 The procedure is governed by the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act of 20 December 1968.
Para. 6 — SR 172.021
Art. 25 Exemption from the prohibition of transfer of ownership of archive records
(The Act. Art. 20 ArchA) The ownership of archive records may not be transferred unless the archives are available in two or more identical copies and the copies are no longer needed.