Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The can­tons shall in­form the Con­fed­er­a­tion of any agree­ments con­cluded among them­selves or with in­sti­tu­tions abroad. They shall in­form the Con­fed­er­a­tion of any agree­ments with an in­sti­tu­tion abroad be­fore they are con­cluded. The Con­fed­er­a­tion and the can­tons shall seek am­ic­able solu­tions.

² Agree­ments are ex­emp­ted from the duty to provide in­form­a­tion if they:

a.

serve to im­ple­ment agree­ments about which the Con­fed­er­a­tion is in­formed;

b.

prin­cip­ally con­cern the au­thor­it­ies or reg­u­late ad­min­is­trat­ive is­sues.