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

¹ If there are in­dic­a­tions of an un­law­ful re­straint of com­pet­i­tion, the Sec­ret­ari­at shall, in con­sulta­tion with a mem­ber of the presid­ing body, open an in­vest­ig­a­tion. It shall in any event open an in­vest­ig­a­tion whenev­er asked to do so by the Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion or by the EAER.²⁸

² The Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion de­term­ines the or­der of pri­or­ity with which the in­vest­ig­a­tions that have been opened are dealt with.