Federal Act
on Cartels and other
Restraints of Competition
(Cartel Act, CartA)

1 Fed­er­al bills re­lat­ing to com­mer­cial mat­ters that are likely to in­flu­ence com­pet­i­tion shall be sub­mit­ted to the Sec­ret­ari­at. It de­term­ines wheth­er such le­gis­la­tion may cause dis­tor­tions or un­due re­straints of com­pet­i­tion.

2 The Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion shall in a con­sulta­tion pro­ced­ure provide its opin­ion on fed­er­al bills that re­strain or oth­er­wise in­flu­ence com­pet­i­tion. It may sub­mit its opin­ion on can­ton­al bills.