Federal Act
on Public Procurement
(PPA)

¹ If there is ef­fect­ive com­pet­i­tion in the mar­ket for a sec­tor un­der Art­icle 4 para­graph 2, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, act­ing on a pro­pos­al from a con­tract­ing au­thor­ity or the In­ter­can­t­on­al Pub­lic Pro­cure­ment Body (In­öB), shall is­sue an or­din­ance ex­empt­ing pro­cure­ments in this mar­ket from be­ing sub­ject to this Act in whole or in part.

² Be­fore is­su­ing its or­din­ance, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall con­sult the Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion, the In­ter­can­t­on­al Pub­lic Pro­cure­ment Body and the busi­ness circles con­cerned. The Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion may pub­lish its ex­pert opin­ion, provided it pays due re­gard to com­mer­cial secrecy.