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

¹ If the Com­pet­i­tion Com­mis­sion has pro­hib­ited a con­cen­tra­tion, the un­der­tak­ings con­cerned may, with­in 30 days, sub­mit to the EAER an ap­plic­a­tion for ex­cep­tion­al au­thor­isa­tion by 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 the parties have been no­ti­fied of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil's de­cision.³¹

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.³²

³ If pos­sible, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil takes its de­cision with­in four months of re­ceipt of the ap­plic­a­tion.