Federal Act
on the Acquisition of Immovable Property
in Switzerland by Foreign Non-Residents
(ANRA)

¹ The can­tons may by law im­pose stricter lim­its on the ac­quis­i­tion of hol­i­day homes and ac­com­mod­a­tion units in apar­tho­tels in par­tic­u­lar by:

a.

in­tro­du­cing a freeze on au­thor­isa­tions;

b.

per­mit­ting the ac­quis­i­tion of hol­i­day homes only as part of a con­domin­i­um or of an­oth­er col­lect­ive unit of sev­er­al hol­i­day homes;

c.

per­mit­ting the ac­quis­i­tion of only a cer­tain max­im­um per­cent­age of liv­ing space of all hol­i­day homes and ac­com­mod­a­tion units in apar­tho­tels when coun­ted to­geth­er;

d.

in­tro­du­cing a right of pre-emption at mar­ket value for per­sons who do not re­quire au­thor­isa­tion;

e.

lim­it­ing ac­quis­i­tion to a build­ing right, right of res­id­ence or usu­fruct.

² The com­munes may in­tro­duce these lim­it­a­tions on their own ini­ti­at­ive. The can­tons reg­u­late the pro­ced­ure.