Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ Where the Fed­er­al As­sembly is re­spons­ible for ap­prov­ing with­draw­al from an in­ter­na­tion­al treaty, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may with­draw from the treaty without the ap­prov­al of the Fed­er­al As­sembly if it is ne­ces­sary to do so in or­der to safe­guard im­port­ant in­terests of Switzer­land and if there is a par­tic­u­lar ur­gency in do­ing so.

² It may not with­draw ur­gently if the re­spons­ible com­mit­tees of both cham­bers ob­ject to with­draw­al.