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# GAOA

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## GAOA

SR 172.010 — Government and Administration Organisation Act of 21 March 1997 (GAOA).

[fedlex.data.admin.ch](https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/1997/2022_2022_2022?utm_source=slatesource)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. English consolidation of 1 May 2025, which is also the date of the current binding text.

[fedlex.data.admin.ch](https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/1997/2022_2022_2022?utm_source=slatesource)

## Preamble

The Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation, based on Article 173 paragraph 2 of the Federal Constitution, and having considered the Federal Council Dispatch dated 16 October 1996, decrees:

SR 101 Amended by No I of the FA of 1 Oct. 2010 (Data Protection in the Use of Electronic Infrastructure), in force since 1 April 2012 (AS 2012 941; BBl 2009 8513). BBl 1996 V 1

## Contents

1\. Principles — 5 articles 2. The Government — 39 articles 3. The Federal Administration — 15 articles 4. Responsibilities, Planning and Coordination — 34 articles 5. Individual and Final Provisions — 18 articles

[Official text on Fedlex — consolidation of 1 May 2025](https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/1997/2022_2022_2022/20250501/en/html/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-cc-1997-2022_2022_2022-20250501-en-html-2.html?utm_source=slatesource)