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

¹ Where the goods are re­jec­ted, the as­so­ci­ated claims re­main un­paid or the con­sign­ee can­not be con­tac­ted, the car­ri­er must in­form the con­signor and in the in­ter­im place the goods in stor­age or de­pos­it them with a third party at the risk and ex­pense of the con­signor.

² If neither con­signor nor con­sign­ee dis­poses of the goods with­in a reas­on­able peri­od, in the same man­ner as a com­mis­sion agent the car­ri­er may ap­ply to the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity at the place where the goods are loc­ated to ar­range to have them sold in fa­vour of the right­ful be­ne­fi­ciary.