Federal Act on Cartels and other Restraints of Competition

¹ The Sec­ret­ari­at may con­duct pre­lim­in­ary in­vest­ig­a­tions ex of­fi­cio, at the re­quest of un­der­tak­ings in­volved or in re­sponse to a com­plaint from third parties.

² The Sec­ret­ari­at may pro­pose meas­ures to elim­in­ate or pre­vent re­straints of com­pet­i­tion.

³ Dur­ing the pre­lim­in­ary in­vest­ig­a­tion pro­ced­ure, there is no right to in­spect the files.