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

¹ Where the goods for sale on com­mis­sion are evid­ently de­fect­ive, the com­mis­sion agent must safe­guard the rights of re­course against the car­ri­er, se­cure evid­ence of the de­fect­ive con­di­tion of the goods, pre­serve the goods where pos­sible and no­ti­fy the prin­cip­al im­me­di­ately.

² If the com­mis­sion agent omits to ful­fil these ob­lig­a­tions, he is li­able for any dam­age caused by such omis­sion.

³ Where there is a risk that the goods for sale on com­mis­sion will rap­idly de­teri­or­ate, the com­mis­sion agent has the right and, should the in­terests of the prin­cip­al so re­quire, the ob­lig­a­tion to ar­range their sale with the as­sist­ance of the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity of the place where the goods are loc­ated.