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

¹ Un­der­tak­ings whose seat, head of­fice or prin­cip­al place of busi­ness is loc­ated in Switzer­land must com­ply with ob­lig­a­tions of due di­li­gence in the sup­ply chain and re­port there­on if:

1.

they place in free cir­cu­la­tion or pro­cess in Switzer­land min­er­als con­tain­ing tin, tan­talum, tung­sten or gold or metals from con­flict-af­fected and high-risk areas; or

2.

they of­fer products or ser­vices in re­la­tion to which there is a reas­on­able sus­pi­cion that they have been man­u­fac­tured or provided us­ing child la­bour.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall spe­cify an­nu­al im­port quant­it­ies of min­er­als and metals be­low which an un­der­tak­ing is ex­empt from the due di­li­gence and re­port­ing ob­lig­a­tion.

³ It shall spe­cify the re­quire­ments by which small and me­di­um-sized un­der­tak­ings and un­der­tak­ings with low child la­bour risks are not ob­liged to veri­fy wheth­er there is a reas­on­able sus­pi­cion of child la­bour.

⁴ It shall spe­cify the re­quire­ments by which un­der­tak­ings are ex­empt from the due di­li­gence and re­port­ing ob­lig­a­tions if they com­ply with equi­val­ent in­ter­na­tion­ally re­cog­nised reg­u­la­tions, such as the prin­ciples laid down by the OECD in par­tic­u­lar.