Host State Ordinance (HSO)
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Art. 1 Subject matter
1 This Ordinance lays down the implementing rules for the HSA. It determines in particular: a. the scope of the privileges, immunities and facilities which may be granted to the different types of institutional beneficiary concerned; b. the conditions of entry, residence and work on Swiss territory for individual beneficiaries; c. the procedure for the acquisition of land and buildings by institutional beneficiaries; d. the rules governing the granting of financial subsidies and other support measures. 2 The conditions of entry, residence and work for private household employees are laid down in the Ordinance of 6 June 2011 on Private Household Employees.
Para. 2 — SR 192.126 Para. 2 — Amended by the Annex to the O of 6 June 2011 on Private Household Employees, in force since 1 July 2011 (AS 2011 2425).
Art. 2 Meaning of permanent mission or other representation to intergovernmental organisations
A permanent mission or other representation to intergovernmental organisations means in particular: a. the permanent missions to the United Nations Office or to other intergovernmental organisations, including the permanent missions to the World Trade Organization; b. the permanent representations to the Conference on Disarmament; c. the permanent delegations of institutional beneficiaries under Article 2 paragraph 1 letters a, b, i and k HSA at intergovernmental organisations; d. observer bureaux.
let. c — Amended by No I of the O of 26 June 2013, in force since 15 July 2013 (AS 2013 2107).
Art. 3 Meaning of special mission
A special mission within the meaning of the Convention of 8 December 1969 on Special Missions includes: a. temporary missions composed of representatives of a State sent to Switzerland in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention of 8 December 1969 on Special Missions; b. temporary missions composed of representatives of States in connection with meetings between two or more States in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention of 8 December 1969 on Special Missions; c. temporary missions composed of representatives of a State and of non-State representatives in connection with the exercise of Swiss good offices.
SR 0.191.2
Art. 4 Meaning of principal individual beneficiary
A principal individual beneficiary is an individual beneficiary as referred to in Article 2 paragraph 2 letters a and b, HSA.
Art. 5 Meaning of members of local staff
Members of local staff are persons employed by a State to perform official duties within the meaning of the Vienna Convention of 18 April 1961 on Diplomatic Relations, the Vienna Convention of 24 April 1963 on Consular Relations, or the Convention of 8 December 1969 on Special Missions, but who do not form part of the transferable staff of the sending State. These persons may be nationals of the sending State or of another State. They generally perform the duties of service staff within the meaning of the aforementioned Conventions but may also perform other duties referred to in those Conventions.
SR 0.191.01 SR 0.191.02 SR 0.191.2