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Art. 14 Implementing provisions
The Federal Council shall enact the implementing provisions.
Art. 15 Execution
The cantons enact the implementing provisions necessary for execution. They shall inform the Federal Department of Home Affairs of these.
Art. 16 Amendment to previous legislation
The amendment to the previous legislation is regulated in the annex.
Art. 17 Transitional provisions concerning deadlines
1 The UID services are bound to use the UID within five years of the enactment of this law pursuant to Article 5 paragraph 1 or 2 and to report the UID data to the FSO pursuant to Article 9 paragraph 1. 2 The Federal Council designates the UID services that already need to fulfil their duties pursuant to paragraph 1 within three years of the enactment of this law. 3 Five years following the enactment of this law at the latest, the UID shall replace all other identification numbers previously used for UID entities in communication between UID services and UID entities. In exceptional cases, the Federal Council may extend the deadlines. 4 The existing commercial register numbers and VAT numbers replaced by the UID are managed in the UID register as key data for at least five years following their replacement.
Art. 18 Transitional provision concerning the coordination service
Each canton designates a service that acts as a coordination service vis-à-vis the FSO to finalise the introduction of the UID.
Art. 19 Transitional provisions concerning the modification of commercial register numbers
1 The commercial register number of all legal entities is modified officially in the trade register directly. The modification does not need to be registered in the commercial register. 2 The modification of the number shall be exclusively published in electronic form in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce. The new number shall take effect with this publication. 3 If a new number is allocated to a legal entity and the latter is mentioned with its number in any form in entries of other legal entities, these entries must be officially amended during the next mutation at the latest. 4 The Federal Council regulates the terms of the modification.
Art. 20 Referendum and commencement
1 This Act is subject to optional referendum. 2 The Federal Council determines the commencement date. Commencement date: 1 January 2011
Para. 2 — FCD of 27 Oct. 2010.