Federal Act
on Archiving
(Archiving Act, ArchA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Archives shall ad­vise the of­fices re­quired to of­fer their re­cords for safe­keep­ing on the or­gan­isa­tion, man­age­ment, pre­ser­va­tion and de­liv­ery of their doc­u­ments. It may also of­fer such ser­vices to oth­er bod­ies.

² It has the power to con­sult re­gis­tries or in­form­a­tion man­age­ment centres of the of­fices re­quired to of­fer their re­cords for safe­keep­ing and to con­sult the con­di­tion of the doc­u­ments held there.

³ It shall is­sue dir­ect­ives to the of­fices re­quired to of­fer their re­cords for safe­keep­ing on:

a.

the man­age­ment, pre­ser­va­tion and de­liv­ery of doc­u­ments;

b.

the cre­ation and man­age­ment of par­al­lel archives.