Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ If an ac­tion hav­ing the same sub­ject mat­ter is already pending between the same parties abroad, the Swiss court shall stay the case if it is to be ex­pec­ted that the for­eign court will, with­in a reas­on­able time, render a de­cision cap­able of be­ing re­cog­nised in Switzer­land.

²In or­der to de­term­ine when an ac­tion has been ini­ti­ated in Switzer­land, the con­clus­ive date is that of the first act ne­ces­sary to ini­ti­ate the pro­ceed­ings. A no­tice to ap­pear for con­cili­ation is suf­fi­cient.

³ The Swiss court shall ter­min­ate its pro­ceed­ings as soon as it is presen­ted with a for­eign de­cision cap­able of be­ing re­cog­nised in Switzer­land.