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

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil ap­points the Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion and des­ig­nates the mem­bers of the presid­ing body.²⁴

² The Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion com­prises between el­ev­en and fif­teen mem­bers, the ma­jor­ity of whom are in­de­pend­ent ex­perts.

^2bis The mem­bers of the Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion dis­close their in­terests in a re­gister of in­terests. ²⁵

³ The Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion takes the de­cisions and is­sues the rul­ings that are not ex­pressly re­served to an­oth­er au­thor­ity. It sub­mits re­com­mend­a­tions (Art. 45, para. 2) and opin­ions (Art. 46 para. 2) to the polit­ic­al au­thor­it­ies and pre­pares ex­pert re­ports (Art. 47 para. 1).