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

¹ Where pub­lic sec­tor cor­por­a­tions such as the Con­fed­er­a­tion or a can­ton, dis­trict or com­mune have a pub­lic in­terest in a co­oper­at­ive, the co­oper­at­ive’s art­icles of as­so­ci­ation may grant that cor­por­a­tion the right to ap­point rep­res­ent­at­ives to the board of dir­ect­ors or the aud­it­or.⁶⁰⁸

² These dir­ect­ors and aud­it­ors ap­poin­ted by a pub­lic sec­tor cor­por­a­tion have the same rights and du­ties as those elec­ted by the co­oper­at­ive.

³ Only the pub­lic sec­tor cor­por­a­tion has the right to dis­miss the rep­res­ent­at­ives it ap­poin­ted to the board of dir­ect­ors and the aud­it­or.⁶⁰⁹ The pub­lic sec­tor cor­por­a­tion is li­able to the co­oper­at­ive, its mem­bers and cred­it­ors for the ac­tions of these rep­res­ent­at­ives, sub­ject to rights of re­course un­der fed­er­al and can­ton­al law.