Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ In spe­cial cases, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil or its des­ig­nated au­thor­ity may pro­hib­it the im­port, ex­port, trans­it and broker­age of nuc­le­ar ma­ter­i­als, or at­tach cer­tain con­di­tions thereto, re­gard­less of wheth­er a li­cens­ing ob­lig­a­tion may ex­ist, if such meas­ures are re­quired in the in­terests of the non-pro­lif­er­a­tion of nuc­le­ar arms.

² For the pur­pose of im­ple­ment­ing in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may rule that no li­cences are to be is­sued for cer­tain coun­tries or for a spe­cified group of coun­tries.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may grant ex­emp­tion from, or the eas­ing of, li­cens­ing ob­lig­a­tions, es­pe­cially for de­liv­er­ies to coun­tries that are con­trac­tu­al parties to in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies on the non-pro­lif­er­a­tion of nuc­le­ar arms or which par­ti­cip­ate in con­trol meas­ures sup­por­ted by Switzer­land.