Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall in­form the pub­lic in the Of­fi­cial Fed­er­al Gaz­ette about agree­ments that are brought to its know­ledge.

² The de­part­ment re­spons­ible ex­am­ines wheth­er or not an agree­ment is in ac­cord­ance with the law and in­terests of the Con­fed­er­a­tion. It shall in­form the can­tons that are party to the agree­ment of the res­ult with­in two months fol­low­ing pub­lic­a­tion of the in­form­a­tion in terms of para­graph 1. Can­tons that are not party to the agree­ment (third-party can­tons) shall in­form the con­tract­ing parties of any ob­jec­tions they may have with­in the same time peri­od.

³ If ob­jec­tions ex­ist, the de­part­ment or third-party can­tons shall at­tempt to reach an am­ic­able solu­tion with the can­tons that are party to the agree­ment.

⁴ If no solu­tion is reached, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil and third-party can­tons may raise a form­al ob­jec­tion with the Fed­er­al As­sembly with­in six months fol­low­ing pub­lic­a­tion of the in­form­a­tion in terms of para­graph 1.