Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible for en­force­ment, con­trol, pre­ven­tion of il­leg­al acts or pro­sec­u­tion of of­fend­ers may work to­geth­er with the rel­ev­ant au­thor­it­ies of oth­er coun­tries and in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions and com­mit­tees and co-or­din­ate the pro­cure­ment of data, in­so­far as this is ne­ces­sary for the en­force­ment of this Act or of equi­val­ent for­eign le­gis­la­tion, and the for­eign au­thor­it­ies or in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions or com­mit­tees are ob­liged to ob­serve of­fi­cial secrecy or are bound to an equi­val­ent secrecy ob­lig­a­tion.

² They may spe­cific­ally re­quest for­eign au­thor­it­ies and in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions or com­mit­tees to sup­ply the ne­ces­sary data. For this pur­pose, they may provide data con­cern­ing:

a.

the nature, quant­ity, des­tin­a­tion and in­ten­ded place of use, in­ten­ded pur­pose and re­cip­i­ent of nuc­le­ar goods and ra­dio­act­ive waste;

b.

people who are in­volved in the man­u­fac­ture, sup­ply, broker­age or fin­an­cing of nuc­le­ar goods and ra­dio­act­ive waste;

c.

fin­an­cing of as­so­ci­ated trans­ac­tions;

d.

ac­ci­dents and oc­cur­rences of sig­ni­fic­ance in terms of safety.

³ If the for­eign coun­try con­cerned has signed a re­cip­roc­al rights agree­ment with Switzer­land, the rel­ev­ant fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies may sup­ply it with data in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 at their own dis­cre­tion or upon re­quest, as long as the for­eign au­thor­ity or au­thor­it­ies guar­an­tee that the data:

a.

will only be used for pur­poses in keep­ing with the pro­vi­sions of this Act, and;

b.

will only be used in crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings if they have sub­sequently been pro­cured in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions of in­ter­na­tion­al leg­al as­sist­ance.

⁴ They may also provide in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tions or com­mit­tees with data un­der the same con­di­tions as those cited in para­graph 3 above, though here the re­quire­ment of re­cip­roc­al rights may be waived.

⁵ The above clauses shall re­main sub­ject to the pro­vi­sions gov­ern­ing mu­tu­al in­ter­na­tion­al as­sist­ance in crim­in­al mat­ters.