Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 30 March 1911 (Status as of 1 January 2022)


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Art. 40a8

H. Re­voc­a­tion in door-to-door sales and sim­il­ar con­tracts

I. Scope of ap­plic­a­tion

 

1 The fol­low­ing pro­vi­sions ap­ply to con­tracts re­lat­ing to goods and ser­vices in­ten­ded for the cus­tom­er’s per­son­al or fam­ily use where:

a.
the sup­pli­er of the goods or ser­vices ac­ted in a pro­fes­sion­al or com­mer­cial ca­pa­city; and
b.
the con­sid­er­a­tion from the buy­er ex­ceeds 100 francs.

2 These pro­vi­sions do not ap­ply to leg­al trans­ac­tions that are entered in­to by fin­an­cial in­sti­tu­tions and banks with­in the frame­work of ex­ist­ing fin­an­cial ser­vices con­tracts in ac­cord­ance with the Fin­an­cial Ser­vices Act of 15 June 20189.10

2bis For in­sur­ance policies, the pro­vi­sions of the In­sur­ance Policies Act of 2 April 190811 ap­ply.12

3 In the event of sig­ni­fic­ant change to the pur­chas­ing power of the na­tion­al cur­rency, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall ad­just the sum in­dic­ated in para. 1 let. b ac­cord­ingly.

8In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 5 Oct. 1990, in force since 1 Ju­ly 1991 (AS 1991 846; BBl 1986 II 354).

9 SR 950.1

10 Amended by No II of the FA of 19 June 2020, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 4969; BBl 2017 5089).

11 SR 221.229.1

12 In­ser­ted by No II of the FA of 19 June 2020, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 4969; BBl 2017 5089).

 
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