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

¹ The mem­bers may draw the at­ten­tion of the ex­tern­al aud­it­or to du­bi­ous pro­ced­ures and re­quest the ne­ces­sary in­form­a­tion.⁷¹²

² The co­oper­at­ive’s ledgers and busi­ness cor­res­pond­ence may be in­spec­ted only with the ex­press au­thor­isa­tion of the gen­er­al as­sembly of mem­bers or by res­ol­u­tion of the board and if meas­ures are taken to safe­guard trade secrets.

³ The court may or­der the co­oper­at­ive to provide the mem­bers with in­form­a­tion on sig­ni­fic­ant mat­ters rel­ev­ant to the ex­er­cise of their right of con­trol in the form of au­then­tic­ated cop­ies from its ledgers or cor­res­pond­ence. The court or­der must not jeop­ard­ise the in­terests of the co­oper­at­ive.

⁴ The mem­bers’ right of con­trol may not be ex­cluded or re­stric­ted either by the art­icles of as­so­ci­ation or by res­ol­u­tions made by a gov­ern­ing body of the co­oper­at­ive.