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Art. 4 Allocation of the UID
1 The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) shall allocate every UID entity a unique UID free of charge. 2 Each UID is only allocated once. 3 The UID is allocated when the responsible UID service has communicated to the FSO the attributes pursuant to Article 9 paragraph 1 letter a.
Art. 5 Use of the UID
1 The UID services have the following obligations: a. to recognise the UID as an identifier; b. to use the UID in their databases; c. to use the UID in their exchanges with each other and with the UID entities. 2 The Federal Council designates the UID services that only need to recognise the UID as an identifier. 3 The UID entities may use their UID in exchanges with each other and with a UID service subject to specific legal regulations.
Para. 1 let. b — Amended by Annex 1 No II 36 of the Data Protection Act of 25 Sept. 2020, in force since 1 Sept. 2023 (AS 2022 491; BBl 2017 6941).
Art. 6 UID register
1 The FSO maintains the UID register. 2 The UID register contains data concerning the following key data of the UID entities (UID data): a. Key data: 1. UID, status of the entry in the UID register and UID supplement, 2. Name, company name or designation and address, 3. Status of entry in the commercial register, 4. Status of the entry in the VAT register with the start and end date of the obligation to pay VAT, 5. LEI for a UID entity and status of the entry in the «Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation» register (GLEIF register); b. Additional data: Data serving to distinguish the UID entity more specifically, notably a more detailed designation of the UID entity and information about its economic activity; c. System data: technical or organisational data that are required to maintain the UID register, particularly the date of entry in the UID register. 3 The UID register also contains data concerning the attributes required to identify administrative entities. 4 The Federal Coun
Para. 2 let. a let. 5 — Inserted by No I of the FA of 16 June 2017, in force since 15 Oct. 2017 (AS 2017 5155; BBl 2017 1).
Art. 6a Identifier in the UID register
The FSO may disclose the OASI number to the UID services that are also authorised to use it systematically if this is necessary to identify the person concerned in the register.
Art. 6a — Inserted by Annex No 3 of the FA of 30 Sept. 2016 (AS 2017 3575; BBl 2015 2615). Amended by Annex No 12 of the FA of 18 Dec. 2020 (Systematic Use of the OASI Number by Authorities), in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2021 758; BBl 2019 7359).
Art. 7 Legal effect of the UID
The UID has no legal effect pursuant to the Federal Act of 19 December 2003 on electronic signatures.
[AS 2004 5085, 2008 3437 No II 55. AS 2016 4651 Annex No I]. See now: FA of 18 March 2016 (SR 943.03).
Art. 8 Procurement, updating and use of the UID data
1 The FSO shall obtain the UID data from the UID entities: a. for the first time from the Business and Enterprise Register pursuant to Article 10 paragraph 3 of the Federal Statistics Act of 9 October 1992; b. on a continuing basis from the information from the UID services. 2 It updates the UID data from the UID entities on a continuing basis and makes updates available to the UID services in a suitable form. 3 It can use the UID data to update the Business and Enterprise Register.
Para. 1 let. a — SR 431.01
Art. 9 Disclosure and rectification of UID data
1 The UID services shall disclose to the FSO: a. data relating to the key data and additional data of new UID entities; b. all changes and rectifications to UID data; c. the termination of a UID entity’s economic activity. 2 UID services pursuant to Article 5 paragraph 2 may communicate this information voluntarily. 3 The data are taken from the commercial register in unchanged form. 4 The Federal Council may designate further UID services whose data may be taken over in unchanged form.
Art. 10 Administrative number
1 The FSO designates the UID services that may report administrative entities for inclusion in the UID register. It allocates the administrative numbers. 2 The administrative numbers and their attributes are not published and are only accessible to the UID services requiring these to fulfil their duties. 3 The Federal Council regulates the allocation and use of the administrative numbers and designates the attributes required to identify the administrative entities.