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

¹ If the Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion has de­cided that a re­straint of com­pet­i­tion is un­law­ful, the parties in­volved may, with­in 30 days, sub­mit to the EAER an ap­plic­a­tion for ex­cep­tion­al au­thor­isa­tion from the Fed­er­al Coun­cil for com­pel­ling pub­lic in­terest reas­ons. If such an ap­plic­a­tion is sub­mit­ted, the peri­od in which an ap­peal may be filed with the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court be­gins to run only after no­ti­fic­a­tion of the parties of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil's de­cision.²⁹

² Ap­plic­a­tions for ex­cep­tion­al au­thor­isa­tion by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may also be sub­mit­ted with­in 30 days of the entry in­to ef­fect of a judg­ment of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court or the Fed­er­al Su­preme Court.³⁰

³ The au­thor­isa­tion is of lim­ited dur­a­tion and may be sub­ject to con­di­tions and ob­lig­a­tions.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may on re­quest ex­tend an au­thor­isa­tion if the con­di­tions for grant­ing it con­tin­ue to be met.