Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Pres­id­ent of the Con­fed­er­a­tion chairs the dis­cus­sions in the Fed­er­al Coun­cil.

² In ad­di­tion to the mem­bers of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, the Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor also par­ti­cip­ates in the de­lib­er­a­tions of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil in an ad­vis­ory ca­pa­city. He or she has the right to make pro­pos­als in or­der to ful­fil the tasks of the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery.²⁶

³ The Vice-Chan­cel­lors shall be present at the dis­cus­sions un­less oth­er­wise spe­cified by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may call on the ex­pert­ise of its ad­min­is­trat­ive staff and qual­i­fied per­sons from with­in and out­side of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion when it con­siders this ne­ces­sary in or­der to ac­quire in­form­a­tion and form an opin­ion.