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

¹ A party wish­ing to chal­lenge ter­min­a­tion must bring the mat­ter be­fore the con­cili­ation au­thor­ity with­in 30 days of re­ceiv­ing the no­tice of ter­min­a­tion.

² A ten­ant wish­ing to ap­ply for a lease ex­ten­sion must sub­mit his re­quest to the con­cili­ation au­thor­ity:

a.

with­in 30 days of re­ceiv­ing the no­tice of ter­min­a­tion, where the lease is open-ended;

b.

not later than 60 days be­fore ex­piry of the lease, where it is of lim­ited dur­a­tion.

³ A ten­ant re­quest­ing a second ex­ten­sion must sub­mit his re­quest to the con­cili­ation au­thor­ity not later than 60 days be­fore ex­piry of the first ex­ten­sion.

⁴ The pro­ced­ure be­fore the con­cili­ation au­thor­ity is gov­erned by the CPO¹⁰³.¹⁰⁴

⁵ Where the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity re­jects a re­quest made by the ten­ant re­lat­ing to chal­len­ging ter­min­a­tion, it must ex­am­ine ex of­fi­cio wheth­er the lease may be ex­ten­ded.¹⁰⁵