Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ A debt­or has a right of re­course against a co-debt­or, either dir­ectly or by sub­rog­a­tion, only to the ex­tent that the laws gov­ern­ing the two ob­lig­a­tions al­low for it.

² The ex­er­cise of re­course against a co-debt­or is gov­erned by the law ap­plic­able to the ob­lig­a­tion of the co-debt­or to­wards the cred­it­or. Is­sues per­tain­ing ex­clus­ively to the re­la­tion­ship between the cred­it­or and the debt­or seek­ing re­course are gov­erned by the law ap­plic­able to the ob­lig­a­tion of the lat­ter.

³ The ques­tion of wheth­er an in­sti­tu­tion en­trus­ted with a pub­lic func­tion may seek re­course is de­term­ined by the law ap­plic­able to the in­sti­tu­tion. The ex­ist­ence and ex­er­cise of a right of re­course are gov­erned by the two pre­ced­ing para­graphs.