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Art. 18 Requirement to cooperate
Companies shall provide the competent authority with all the information required for the review of activities governed by this Act, and shall submit to it all the necessary documents.
Art. 19 Oversight powers of the authority
1 Where a company attempts to influence the competent authority or fails to satisfy its requirement to cooperate, and where all efforts on the part of the competent authority to obtain the necessary information and documents remain fruitless, that authority may in the cases set out in Article 13 paragraph 1 take the following oversight measures: a. unannounced on-site inspection of company premises; b. examination of relevant documents; c. seizure of material. 2 The competent authority may to that end call on the assistance of other federal authorities as well as cantonal and communal police forces.
Art. 20
Repealed by Annex No II 2 of the FA of 18 Dec. 2020 on the Processing of Personal Data by the FDFA, with effect from 1 Dec. 2021 (AS 2021 650; BBl 2020 1349).