Federal Act
on the Organisation of Swiss Post
(Post Organisation Act, POA)

1 The ob­jects of Swiss Post are to provide the fol­low­ing ser­vices both do­mest­ic­ally and abroad:

a. Con­vey­ance of postal items and small con­sign­ments in stand­ard­ised con­tain­ers, as well as all re­lated ser­vices;

b.

The fol­low­ing fin­an­cial ser­vices:

1.

pay­ment ser­vices,

2.

ac­cept­ing cus­tom­er de­pos­its,

3.

ac­count ser­vices and oth­er re­lated ser­vices,

4.

in­vest­ments in its own name,

5.

oth­er fin­an­cial ser­vices on be­half of third parties;

c.

re­gion­al pas­sen­ger trans­port ser­vices and re­lated ser­vices.

2 It may en­gage in all leg­al trans­ac­tions which serve the ob­jects of the un­der­tak­ing, and in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

ac­quire and dis­pose of real es­tate;

b.

form com­pan­ies;

c.

take equity in­terests in com­pan­ies;

d.

bor­row and in­vest funds from and in money and cap­it­al mar­kets.

³3 It may not, however, grant loans or mort­gages to third parties. It is en­titled to con­tin­ue the loans gran­ted on the basis of Art­icle 19 of the COV­ID-19 Fin­an­cial Guar­an­tees Or­din­ance of 25 March 2020⁴ at the latest un­til they are fully re­paid in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 3 of the COV­ID-19 Fin­an­cial Guar­an­tees Act of 18 Decem­ber 2020⁵.⁶

4 With­in the nor­mal use of its in­fra­struc­ture, it may provide ser­vices on be­half of third parties.