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Language Services Ordinance (LangSO)

Language Services Ordinance (LangSO)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

Art. 1

1 This Ordinance regulates: a. the organisation of the Federal Administration language services; b. translation and the other linguistic services provided by the language services; c. cooperation among the language services and between the language services and other administrative units as well as coordination with clients. 2 It therefore regulates how the language services contribute: a. to guaranteeing the high quality of the form and content of the federal texts that are published; b. to the activities of the Confederation in providing information and in communicating in several languages; c. to promoting multilingualism and to the internal functioning of the Federal Administration as a multilingual organisation.

Para. 2 let. a — Amended by Annex No 1 of the O of 10 Nov. 2021, in force since 1 July 2022 (AS 2021 692).