Goods Control Ordinance (GCO)
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Art. 1 Subject matter and scope of application
1 This Ordinance regulates the control of the export, import, transit and brokerage of: a. nuclear goods, goods usable for civilian and military purposes (dual-use goods) and specific military goods that are the subject of non-binding international control measures; b. strategic goods that are the subject of international agreements; c. goods subject to national export controls. 2 This Ordinance applies to Swiss customs territory, Swiss public customs warehouses, warehouses for bulk goods, bonded warehouses and Swiss customs-free zones.
Art. 2 Definitions
1 Further to the definitions in Article 3 GCA, in this Ordinance: a. NBC weapons: nuclear explosive devices, biological and chemical weapons, and their delivery systems; b. partner state: state that participates in international control measures that Switzerland supports that are non-binding under international law. 2 Further definitions are given in Annex 1.