Federal Act
on the Privileges, Immunities and Facilities and the Financial Subsidies granted by Switzerland as a Host State
(Host State Act, HSA)

¹ This Act reg­u­lates, in the sphere of host state policy:

a.

the grant­ing of priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies;

b.

the grant­ing of fin­an­cial sub­sidies and the pro­vi­sion of oth­er sup­port meas­ures.

² Priv­ileges, im­munit­ies, fa­cil­it­ies, and fin­an­cial sub­sidies arising un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law or oth­er fed­er­al stat­utes are un­af­fected.

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may grant priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies to the fol­low­ing in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies:

a.

in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions;

b.

in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions;

c.

quasi-gov­ern­ment­al in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions;

d.

dip­lo­mat­ic mis­sions;

e.

con­su­lar posts;

f.

per­man­ent mis­sions or oth­er rep­res­ent­a­tions to in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions;

g.

spe­cial mis­sions;

h.

in­ter­na­tion­al con­fer­ences;

i.

sec­ret­ari­ats or oth­er bod­ies es­tab­lished un­der an in­ter­na­tion­al treaty;

j.

in­de­pend­ent com­mis­sions;

k.

in­ter­na­tion­al courts;

l.

ar­bit­ra­tion tribunals;

m.

oth­er in­ter­na­tion­al bod­ies.

² The Con­fed­er­a­tion may grant priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies to the fol­low­ing nat­ur­al per­sons (in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies):

a.

in­di­vidu­als who, wheth­er on a per­man­ent or a tem­por­ary basis, are called to act in an of­fi­cial ca­pa­city at one of the in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in para­graph 1 above;

b.

em­in­ent per­sons car­ry­ing out an in­ter­na­tion­al man­date;

c.

in­di­vidu­als en­titled to ac­com­pany one of the in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in let­ters a or b, in­clud­ing private house­hold em­ploy­ees.

¹ The priv­ileges and im­munit­ies in­clude:

a.

in­vi­ol­ab­il­ity of the per­son, premises, prop­erty, archives, doc­u­ments, cor­res­pond­ence and dip­lo­mat­ic bag;

b.

im­munity from leg­al pro­ceed­ings and the en­force­ment of judg­ments;

c.

ex­emp­tion from dir­ect taxes;

d.

ex­emp­tion from in­dir­ect taxes;

e.

ex­emp­tion from cus­toms du­ties and oth­er im­port taxes;

f.

free­dom to ac­quire, re­ceive, hold, trans­fer and con­vert funds, cur­ren­cies, cash and oth­er mov­able prop­erty;

g.

free­dom of com­mu­nic­a­tion, move­ment and travel;

h.

ex­emp­tion from the Swiss so­cial se­cur­ity sys­tem;

i.

ex­emp­tion from Swiss entry and res­id­ence re­quire­ments;

j.

ex­emp­tion from all per­son­al ser­vices, from all pub­lic ser­vice and from all mil­it­ary du­ties or ob­lig­a­tions of any kind.

^1bis In derog­a­tion from Art­icle 5 para­graph 1 of the Fed­er­al Act of 25 June 1982³ on Oc­cu­pa­tion­al Old Age, Sur­viv­ors' and In­valid­ity Pen­sion Pro­vi­sion, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may grant the In­ter­na­tion­al Com­mit­tee of the Red Cross the priv­ilege for its em­ploy­ees who are not in­sured un­der the old-age and sur­viv­ors’ in­sur­ance scheme to be sub­ject to the le­gis­la­tion on oc­cu­pa­tion pen­sion pro­vi­sion.⁴

² The fa­cil­it­ies in­clude:

a.

the pro­ced­ures for ac­cess to the em­ploy­ment mar­ket for the in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2, para­graph 2, let­ters a and c above;

b.

the right to use a flag and an em­blem;

c.

the right to is­sue lais­sez pass­er and to have them ac­cep­ted as travel doc­u­ments by the Swiss au­thor­it­ies;

d.

fa­cil­it­ies of re­gis­tra­tion of vehicles.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ac­cord ad­di­tion­al fa­cil­it­ies of a more minor nature than those set out in para­graph 2 above.

¹ The per­son­al and ma­ter­i­al scope of ap­plic­a­tion of the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies shall be de­term­ined case by case in the light of:

a.

in­ter­na­tion­al law, Switzer­land’s in­ter­na­tion­al ob­lig­a­tions, and in­ter­na­tion­al prac­tice;

b.

the be­ne­fi­ciary’s leg­al status and the im­port­ance of its role in in­ter­na­tion­al re­la­tions.

² Ex­emp­tion from dir­ect taxes may be gran­ted to all the be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2 above. However, in the case of in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 2, para­graph 2 who are Swiss na­tion­als, the ex­emp­tion shall be gran­ted only if the in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciary to which they are called has ad­op­ted an in­tern­al tax sys­tem of its own, provided that this con­di­tion is in ac­cord­ance with inter­na­tion­al law.

³ Ex­emp­tion from in­dir­ect taxes may be gran­ted to all be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2 above. However, in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 2 para­graph 2 shall be ex­emp­ted from value ad­ded tax and min­er­al oil tax only if they hold dip­lo­mat­ic status.

⁴ Ex­emp­tion from cus­toms du­ties and oth­er im­port taxes may be gran­ted to all the be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2.

⁵ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall is­sue reg­u­la­tions on entry in­to Switzer­land, res­id­ence and work for the in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2, para­graph 2, sub­ject to what is per­miss­ible un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law.

The dur­a­tion of priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies may be lim­ited.

An in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciary may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if:

a.

it has its headquar­ters or a branch in Switzer­land or car­ries out activ­it­ies in Switzer­land;

b.

its pur­poses are not for profit and are of in­ter­na­tion­al util­ity;

c.

it car­ries out activ­it­ies in the sphere of in­ter­na­tion­al re­la­tions; and

d.

its pres­ence in Switzer­land is of spe­cial in­terest to Switzer­land.

An in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if it:

a.

has struc­tures sim­il­ar to those of an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion;

b.

per­forms func­tions of a gov­ern­ment­al nature or func­tions typ­ic­ally as­signed to an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion; and

c.

en­joys in­ter­na­tion­al re­cog­ni­tion in the in­ter­na­tion­al leg­al or­der, and in par­tic­u­lar un­der an in­ter­na­tion­al treaty, a res­ol­u­tion of an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion or a policy doc­u­ment ad­op­ted by a group of States.

A quasi-gov­ern­ment­al in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tion may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if:

a.

a ma­jor­ity of its mem­bers are states, or­gan­isa­tions gov­erned by pub­lic law, or en­tit­ies per­form­ing func­tions of a gov­ern­ment­al nature;

b.

it has struc­tures sim­il­ar to those of an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion; and

c.

it op­er­ates in two or more States.

An in­ter­na­tion­al con­fer­ence may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if:

a.

it is con­vened un­der the ae­gis of an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion, an in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion, a quasi-gov­ern­ment­al in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tion, a sec­ret­ari­at or any oth­er body es­tab­lished by an in­ter­na­tion­al treaty, un­der the ae­gis of Switzer­land or at the ini­ti­at­ive of a group of States; and

b.

a ma­jor­ity of par­ti­cipants rep­res­ent States, in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions, in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions, quasi-gov­ern­ment­al in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions, sec­ret­ari­ats or oth­er bod­ies es­tab­lished by in­ter­na­tion­al treaty.

A sec­ret­ari­at or oth­er body may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if it is es­tab­lished un­der an in­ter­na­tion­al treaty which as­signs to it cer­tain tasks with a view to the im­ple­ment­a­tion of that treaty.

An in­de­pend­ent com­mis­sion may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if:

a.

its le­git­im­acy de­rives from a res­ol­u­tion of an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion or of an in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion, or if it was es­tab­lished by a group of States or by Switzer­land;

b.

it en­joys broad polit­ic­al and fin­an­cial sup­port among the in­ter­na­tion­al com­munity;

c.

its man­date is to ex­am­ine an is­sue of im­port­ance to the in­ter­na­tion­al com­munity;

d.

its man­date is lim­ited in time; and

e.

the grant­ing of priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies con­trib­utes sub­stan­tially to the ful­fil­ment of its man­date.

An in­ter­na­tion­al court may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if it is es­tab­lished un­der an in­ter­na­tion­al treaty or by a res­ol­u­tion of an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion or of an in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion.

An ar­bit­ra­tion tribunal may be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if:

a.

it is es­tab­lished un­der an ar­bit­ra­tion clause in an in­ter­na­tion­al treaty or un­der an agree­ment between the sub­jects of in­ter­na­tion­al law who are parties to the ar­bit­ra­tion; and

b.

the parties to the ar­bit­ra­tion re­ferred to in let­ter a above can show a par­tic­u­lar need for the ar­bit­ra­tion tribunal to sit in Switzer­land.

Any oth­er in­ter­na­tion­al body may by way of ex­cep­tion be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if:

a.

it works closely with one or more in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions or in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions based in Switzer­land or with States in car­ry­ing out tasks which are nor­mally the re­spons­ib­il­ity of those in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions, in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions or States;

b.

it plays a key role in an im­port­ant area of in­ter­na­tion­al re­la­tions;

c.

it has wide re­cog­ni­tion at the in­ter­na­tion­al level; and

d.

the grant­ing of priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies con­trib­utes sub­stan­tially to the ful­fil­ment of its man­date.

An em­in­ent per­son car­ry­ing out an in­ter­na­tion­al man­date may by way of ex­cep­tion be ac­cor­ded priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies if he or she:

a.

ex­ecutes a man­date that is lim­ited in time and con­ferred by an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion, an in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion or a group of States;

b.

is a for­eign na­tion­al;

c.

is res­id­ent in Switzer­land for the dur­a­tion of the man­date and was not ha­bitu­ally res­id­ent in Switzer­land pri­or to its com­mence­ment;

d.

does not en­gage in any gain­ful activ­ity; and

e.

needs to be in Switzer­land for the pur­poses of the man­date.

¹ In­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 2 para­graph 1 may ac­quire land and build­ings for the pur­poses of their of­fi­cial activ­it­ies. The area of the prop­erty con­cerned must not ex­ceed what is ne­ces­sary for those pur­poses.

² The ac­quirer must sub­mit an ap­plic­a­tion to the Fed­er­al De­part­ment of For­eign Af­fairs (the De­part­ment) and a copy of the same to the rel­ev­ant au­thor­ity in the can­ton con­cerned.

³ The De­part­ment shall con­sult the rel­ev­ant au­thor­ity in the can­ton con­cerned and veri­fy that the ac­quirer is an in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciary with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 2 para­graph 1, and that the ac­quis­i­tion is for of­fi­cial pur­poses. It shall then is­sue a rul­ing. Ap­prov­al of the ap­plic­a­tion is con­di­tion­al on the ne­ces­sary au­thor­isa­tions, i.e. build­ing per­mits and safety clear­ance be­ing ob­tained from the com­pet­ent au­thor­it­ies.

⁴ Entry in the land re­gister of an ac­quis­i­tion of land or build­ings with­in the mean­ing of para­graph 1 above is con­di­tion­al on ap­prov­al hav­ing been giv­en in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 3 above.

¹ The ac­quis­i­tion of land and build­ings is un­der­stood to be any ac­quis­i­tion of a title to a build­ing, part of a build­ing or a piece of land, a right of hab­it­a­tion or a usu­fruct to a build­ing or a part there­of, or the ac­quis­i­tion of oth­er rights which con­fer on the hold­er equi­val­ent status to that of own­er, such as a long-term lease of land or build­ings if the terms of such lease go bey­ond the scope of prac­tice in civil mat­ters.

² A change of use is deemed an ac­quis­i­tion for these pur­poses.

³ Land and build­ings for of­fi­cial pur­poses are build­ings or parts of build­ings to­geth­er with the cur­til­age there­of which are used for the pur­pose of car­ry­ing out the of­fi­cial activ­it­ies of the in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciary.

The aim of fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures is in par­tic­u­lar to:

a.

fa­cil­it­ate the in­stall­a­tion, work, in­teg­ra­tion and se­cur­ity in Switzer­land of the be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 19;

b.

pro­mote the repu­ta­tion of Switzer­land as a host state;

c.

fur­ther Swiss bids to play host to the be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2;

d.

pro­mote activ­it­ies in the area of host state policy.

Fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures may be gran­ted to:

a.

the be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2;

b.

in­ter­na­tion­al non-gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions (Chapter 5);

c.

as­so­ci­ations and found­a­tions whose activ­it­ies serve the pur­poses set out in Art­icle 18.

Fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures provided by the Con­fed­er­a­tion may take the form of:

a.

fin­an­cial sub­sidies on a one-off or re­cur­ring basis;

b.

grants to the in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2 para­graph 1, either dir­ectly or via the Build­ing Found­a­tion for In­ter­na­tion­al Or­gan­isa­tions (FI­POI) in Geneva, in­terest-free build­ing loans re­pay­able with­in 50 years;

c.

fin­an­cial con­tri­bu­tions to in­ter­na­tion­al con­fer­ences in Switzer­land;

d.

one-off or re­cur­ring sub­sidies in-kind such as per­son­nel, premises or equip­ment;

e.

the cre­ation of as­so­ci­ations or found­a­tions gov­erned by private law and par­ti­cip­a­tion in such as­so­ci­ations or found­a­tions;

f.

in­struc­tions to the rel­ev­ant po­lice au­thor­it­ies to im­ple­ment fur­ther se­cur­ity meas­ures go­ing bey­ond those already ad­op­ted by Switzer­land to meet its se­cur­ity ob­lig­a­tions un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law in the Fed­er­al Act of 21 March 1997⁵ on Meas­ures to Safe­guard In­tern­al Se­cur­ity.

The Con­fed­er­a­tion may pay due com­pens­a­tion to the can­tons for tasks they carry out un­der Art­icle 20 let­ter f that do not fall with­in their com­pet­ence un­der the Fed­er­al Con­sti­tu­tion.

The funds ne­ces­sary to im­ple­ment this Act will be provided for in the budget. A guar­an­tee cred­it will be sought in the case of a com­mit­ment for which fund­ing ex­tends bey­ond a single budget year.

The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall lay down the con­di­tions, pro­ced­ures and de­tailed rules for the grant­ing of fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures.

¹ In­ter­na­tion­al non-gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions (IN­GOs) may es­tab­lish them­selves in Switzer­land in ac­cord­ance with Swiss law.

² The Con­fed­er­a­tion may fa­cil­it­ate the es­tab­lish­ment or the activ­it­ies of an INGO in Switzer­land sub­ject to the ap­plic­able law. It may ac­cord an INGO the fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures provided for un­der this Act.

³ IN­GOs may be en­titled to be­ne­fits provided for un­der oth­er fed­er­al acts, in par­tic­u­lar the tax ex­emp­tion provided for un­der the Fed­er­al Act of 14 Decem­ber 1990⁶ on Dir­ect Fed­er­al Tax­a­tion and the sim­pli­fied pro­ced­ures for the hir­ing of for­eign per­son­nel provided for un­der Swiss le­gis­la­tion.

⁴ IN­GOs are not eli­gible for the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies con­tem­plated by this Act.

An INGO, for the pur­poses of this Act, is an or­gan­isa­tion:

a.

with the leg­al form of an as­so­ci­ation or a found­a­tion formed in ac­cord­ance with Swiss law;

b.

whose mem­bers are nat­ur­al per­sons of dif­fer­ent na­tion­al­it­ies or leg­al per­sons formed in ac­cord­ance with the na­tion­al laws of dif­fer­ent States;

c.

which is genu­inely act­ive in sev­er­al States;

d.

whose ob­ject­ives are char­it­able or in the pub­lic in­terest with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 56, let­ter g, of the Fed­er­al Act of 14 Decem­ber 1990⁷ on Dir­ect Fed­er­al Tax­a­tion;

e.

which op­er­ates in con­junc­tion with an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion or in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion, for ex­ample by hav­ing ob­serv­er status at such or­gan­isa­tion or in­sti­tu­tion; and

f.

whose pres­ence in Switzer­land is of spe­cial in­terest to Switzer­land.

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall:

a.

grant the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies;

b.

grant the fin­an­cial sub­sidies and ad­opt the oth­er sup­port meas­ures with­in the lim­it of the rel­ev­ant budget ap­pro­pri­ations.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may enter in­to in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies con­cern­ing:

a.

the grant­ing of priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies;

b.

the tax treat­ment of be­ne­fi­ciar­ies with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 2;

c.

the status of Swiss em­ploy­ees of in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 2 para­graph 1, for the pur­poses of Swiss so­cial in­sur­ance;

d.

the grant­ing of fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures, sub­ject to the budget­ary prerog­at­ive of the Fed­er­al As­sembly;

e.

co­oper­a­tion with neigh­bour­ing States in the area of host state policy.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may del­eg­ate to the De­part­ment the power:

a.

to grant priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies of lim­ited dur­a­tion;

b.

to grant fin­an­cial sub­sidies of lim­ited dur­a­tion, to fund in­ter­na­tion­al con­fer­ences in Switzer­land and to provide sub­sidies in-kind of lim­ited dur­a­tion in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 20;

c.

to in­struct the rel­ev­ant po­lice au­thor­it­ies to im­ple­ment fur­ther se­cur­ity meas­ures in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 20, let­ter f.

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may is­sue stand­ard con­tracts of em­ploy­ment or oth­er­wise reg­u­late the con­di­tions of em­ploy­ment in Switzer­land of the in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciar­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2 para­graph 2, in­so­far as per­miss­ible un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law. It may, in par­tic­u­lar, set min­im­um wages.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall, in par­tic­u­lar, lay down the ba­sic pay and work­ing con­di­tions of the private house­hold em­ploy­ees re­ferred to in Art­icle 2 para­graph 2, as well as the so­cial se­cur­ity ar­range­ments for such em­ploy­ees in the event of ill­ness, ac­ci­dent, in­valid­ity or un­em­ploy­ment, in­so­far as per­miss­ible un­der in­ter­na­tion­al law.

When en­ter­ing in­to a headquar­ters agree­ment with an in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciary with­in the mean­ing of Art­icle 2 para­graph 1, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall en­sure that the be­ne­fi­ciary ad­opt ap­pro­pri­ate meas­ures with a view to the sat­is­fact­ory set­tle­ment of:

a.

dis­putes arising out of con­tracts to which the in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciary may be a party and of oth­er private-law dis­putes;

b.

dis­putes in­volving staff of the in­sti­tu­tion­al be­ne­fi­ciary who en­joy im­munity by reas­on of their of­fi­cial ca­pa­city, un­less that im­munity is waived.

¹ Be­fore en­ter­ing in­to any agree­ment to grant priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies for a dur­a­tion of not less than one year or un­lim­ited in time, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall con­sult with the can­ton in which the be­ne­fi­ciary is based and with the neigh­bour­ing can­tons.

² If the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies en­tail any ex­cep­tion to the tax law of the can­ton in which the be­ne­fi­ciary is based, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil’s de­cision shall be taken in con­sulta­tion with the can­ton in ques­tion.

³ The can­tons shall par­ti­cip­ate, with­in the mean­ing of the Fed­er­al Act of 22 Decem­ber 1999⁸ on the Par­ti­cip­a­tion of the Can­tons in the For­eign Policy of the Con­fed­er­a­tion, in the ne­go­ti­ation of in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies in the area of host state policy.

The De­part­ment may provide in­form­a­tion to any­body demon­strat­ing a par­tic­u­lar in­terest in:

a.

the nature and ex­tent of the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies ac­cor­ded, and the be­ne­fi­ciar­ies there­of;

b.

the fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures ac­cor­ded and the be­ne­fi­ciar­ies there­of.

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall mon­it­or com­pli­ance with the terms of the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies gran­ted and shall take the meas­ures ne­ces­sary if it finds in­stances of ab­use. It may, where ap­pro­pri­ate, res­cind the rel­ev­ant agree­ments or re­voke the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies gran­ted.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may del­eg­ate to the De­part­ment the power to re­voke the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies gran­ted to an in­di­vidu­al be­ne­fi­ciary.

The Fed­er­al Coun­cil or, if with­in its re­mit, the De­part­ment, may sus­pend or with­draw fin­an­cial sub­sidies and oth­er sup­port meas­ures or de­mand the full or par­tial re­im­burse­ment of sub­sidies already provided, if the be­ne­fi­ciary, des­pite hav­ing been is­sued a no­tice to com­ply, fails to ful­fil its tasks as fore­seen or only partly ful­fils its tasks.

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall en­act the im­ple­ment­ing pro­vi­sions.

² It may im­ple­ment the present Act in as­so­ci­ation with the can­tons or private leg­al en­tit­ies.

³ It may del­eg­ate ad­min­is­trat­ive re­spons­ib­il­it­ies in the area of host state policy to private leg­al en­tit­ies.

The re­peal and amend­ment of the cur­rent law is reg­u­lated in the An­nex.

On the com­mence­ment of this Act or of the FNA, whichever is later, or on the sim­ul­tan­eous com­mence­ment of both, Chapter II num­ber 2 of the An­nex to this Act will be­come re­dund­ant and Art­icle 98, para­graph 2, FNA is worded as fol­lows:

…¹⁰

¹ This Act is sub­ject to an op­tion­al ref­er­en­dum.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the com­mence­ment date.

Com­mence­ment date: 1 Janu­ary 2008¹¹