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

¹ The Fed­er­al As­sembly shall fol­low in­ter­na­tion­al de­vel­op­ments and par­ti­cip­ate in the de­cision-mak­ing pro­cess on im­port­ant for­eign policy is­sues.

² It shall ap­prove the con­clu­sion or amend­ment of or the with­draw­al from in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies, un­less the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may con­clude, amend or with­draw from the treaty at its own be­hest un­der Art­icles 7a and 7b^bisof the Gov­ern­ment and Ad­min­is­tra­tion Or­gan­isa­tion Act of 21 March 1997³².³³

³ If the con­clu­sion or amend­ment of or with­draw­al from the in­ter­na­tion­al treaty is sub­ject to a ref­er­en­dum, the Fed­er­al As­sembly shall ap­prove the con­clu­sion, amend­ment or with­draw­al by is­su­ing a fed­er­al de­cree. It this is not the case, it shall ap­prove the con­clu­sion, amend­ment or with­draw­al by is­su­ing a simple fed­er­al de­cree.³⁴

⁴ It shall par­ti­cip­ate in in­ter­na­tion­al par­lia­ment­ary con­fer­ences and cul­tiv­ate re­la­tions with for­eign par­lia­ments.