Federal Act
on the Federal Assembly
(Parliament Act, ParlA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall nor­mally pro­pose the ac­cept­ance or re­jec­tion of pos­tu­lates be­fore the start of the next ses­sion. When a com­mit­tee pos­tu­late is sub­mit­ted less than a month be­fore the start of the next or­din­ary ses­sion, it shall sub­mit its pro­pos­al by the start of the ses­sion fol­low­ing the next ses­sion.¹³⁷

² The pos­tu­late shall be ac­cep­ted if either coun­cil ap­proves it.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil ful­fils the terms of a pos­tu­late by stat­ing its views there­on in a sep­ar­ate re­port, or in the an­nu­al re­port or in a dis­patch to a bill of the Fed­er­al As­sembly.

⁴ If a pos­tu­late is still pending after two years, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall re­port to the Fed­er­al As­sembly each year on what it has done in re­la­tion thereto and on how it in­tends to ful­fil its man­date. This re­port is sub­mit­ted to the com­mit­tees re­spons­ible.

⁵ A com­mit­tee or the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may re­quest that a pos­tu­late be closed if it has been ful­filled or if con­tinu­ing with the pos­tu­late can­not be jus­ti­fied. The coun­cil that has ap­proved the pos­tu­late must con­sent to it be­ing closed.