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Art. 15 Public transport: Notifying the reporting office
1 Public transport undertakings shall notify the reporting office immediately of the following: a. accidents; b. serious incidents; c. exceptional events; d. ... e. fires in vehicles; f. ... 2 No notification need be given of obvious suicides and suicide attempts, nor of incidents on public roads resulting from a violation of road traffic regulations. 3 Railway undertakings involved in an incident on an infrastructure manager’s network shall notify the infrastructure manager concerned of the incident and the infrastructure manager shall forward the notification immediately to the reporting office.
Para. 1 let. d — Repealed by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, with effect from 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511). Para. 1 let. f — Repealed by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, with effect from 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511).
Art. 16 Public transport: Notifying the FOT
1 The public transport undertakings shall notify the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) of the following: a. events under Article 15 paragraph 1; b. events resulting in minor injuries; c. events with property damage valued at over 100 000 francs; d. serious disruption; e. dangerous goods events; f. larger explosions and fires in safety-related installations; g. suicides, and attempted suicides that result at least in a minor injury; h. suspected or proven sabotage. 2 They shall also notify the FOT of the following events: a. railway undertakings: 1. derailments during train or shunting movements, 2. collisions with other vehicles or obstacles during train or shunting movements, 3. runaway rail vehicles, 4. non-observation of signals; b. cableway undertakings: 1. cable breaks and derailments, 2. vehicles falling or being derailed from the cable, 3. collisions with other vehicles, with the infrastructure or with external obstacles, 4. damage as a result of exceeding profile limits, 5. fai
Para. 1 let. h — Inserted by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511). Para. 2 let. c — Inserted by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511).
Art. 17 Civil aviation: Notifying the reporting office
1 The reporting office shall be immediately notified of civil aviation incidents by the following persons or bodies involved: a. the owners of the aircraft; b. the proprietors of the aircraft; c. the airlines; d. the flight crew; e. the air traffic control; f. the aerodrome operators; g. the police forces; h. the customs authorities; i. the Federal Office of Civil Aviation. 2 No notification must be given of incidents involving micro-light aircraft, uncertified unmanned aircraft, hang gliders, parachutes, manned kites, paragliders and tethered balloons.
Art. 17 — Amended by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511). Para. 2 — Amended by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511).
Art. 18 Maritime navigation: Notifying the reporting office
The Swiss Maritime Navigation Office, the ship’s command, the Swiss Shipowners’ Association and the classification societies recognised by Switzerland shall immediately notify the reporting office of incidents under Article 3 letter c .
Art. 18 — Amended by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511).
Art. 19 Notifying foreign authorities
1 The Investigation Bureau shall notify the competent authorities of a foreign state of any incidents on Swiss sovereign territory involving undertakings registered in the foreign state. 2 The notification may not include sensitive personal data under Article 5 letter c of the Data Protection Act of 25 September 2020.
Art. 19 — Amended by Annex 2 No II 81 of the Data Ordinance of 31 Aug. 2022, in force since 1 Sept. 2023 (AS 2022 568). Para. 1 — Amended by No I of the O of 13 Sept. 2024, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2024 511). Para. 2 — SR 235.1