Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil con­venes as fre­quently as its busi­ness re­quires.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil is con­vened by the Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor on be­half of the Pres­id­ent of the Con­fed­er­a­tion.

³ Each mem­ber of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may at any time ask for the Coun­cil to con­vene.

⁴ In cases of ur­gency the Pres­id­ent of the Con­fed­er­a­tion may make an ex­cep­tion to the reg­u­lar pro­ced­ure for con­ven­ing the Coun­cil and con­duct­ing ne­go­ti­ations.