Art. 45a Appointment and function 45
1 The Federal Council may appoint as state secretaries the directors of offices or groups that are responsible for important fields of responsibility of a department. An offices or group that is headed by a state secretary may be known as a state secretariat. 2 State secretaries support and relieve the burden on heads of department particularly in their dealings with foreign authorities. 45 Inserted by No I of the FA of 28 Sept. 2012, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 4549; BBl 2002 2095, 2010 7811). |