Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ap­point com­mit­tees from among its mem­bers for cer­tain items of busi­ness. These com­mit­tees are nor­mally made up of three mem­bers.

² The com­mit­tees pre­pare dis­cus­sions and de­cisions for the Fed­er­al Coun­cil or con­duct dis­cus­sions on be­half of the col­legi­al body with oth­er in­tern­al or ex­tern­al ad­min­is­trat­ive bod­ies or private in­di­vidu­als. They have no de­cision-mak­ing powers.

³ They in­form the Fed­er­al Coun­cil reg­u­larly about their dis­cus­sions.

⁴ The Fed­er­al Chan­cellery runs the sec­ret­ari­at, which in par­tic­u­lar keeps minutes of the dis­cus­sions in the com­mit­tee and man­ages the doc­u­ment­a­tion.