Sport Promotion Act (SpoPA)
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Section 1 Organisation
Art. 26 BASPO
1 The FOSPO shall fulfil the tasks that are assigned to the Confederation under this Act, to the extent that no other federal offices are involved. 2 The Confederation is responsible for the information systems in accordance with the Federal Act of 17 June 2011 on the Federal Information Systems for Sport. 3 It shall organise the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport and a course and training centre each in Magglingen and Tenero. 4 In organising the FOSPO, the Confederation shall take the tasks of the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport into account.
Para. 2 — [AS 2012 4639. AS 2016 3541 art. 37]. See now the Federal Act of 19 June 2015 (SR 415.1).
Art. 27 Involvement in and establishment of organisations
To fulfil its tasks, the Confederation may participate in private or public organisations or establish special organisations.
Section 2 Finances
Art. 28 Funding of programmes and projects
1 The Confederation may conclude service agreements for commissioning and funding multi-year programmes and projects. 2 Unless this Act provides otherwise, cantons and private entities shall make an appropriate contribution towards funding. The Confederation shall seek partnership solutions. 3 The Federal Assembly shall approve the maximum amount of funding for several years by a simple majority vote. 4 The Confederation provides financial support within the scope of credits approved.
Art. 29 Commercial services
1 FOSPO may provide commercial services to persons or organisations that have a particular interest in its facilities or services if the services: a. are closely connected to the main tasks of FOSPO; b. do not affect the accomplishment of main tasks; and c. do not require significant additional material or human resources. 2 The FOSO is obliged to charge market prices for its commercial activities and to prepare its business accounts in such a way that the costs and profits of each activity can be indicated. Cross-subsidisation of commercial activities is not permissible.