Government and
Administration Organisation Ordinance
(GAOO)

(Art. 8 paras. 3 and 4, 36 para. 3 GAOA)

¹ Through su­per­vi­sion, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, the de­part­ments and the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery shall en­sure the ful­fil­ment of con­sti­tu­tion­al and stat­utory du­ties.

² Su­per­vi­sion of the Cent­ral Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion is com­pre­hens­ive. It shall be gov­erned by the prin­ciples set out in Art­icles 11 and 12.

³ The sub­ject mat­ter, scope and prin­ciples of su­per­vi­sion of the de­cent­ral­ised Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion and of the en­tit­ies re­ferred to in Art­icle 2 para­graph 4 GAOA shall be gov­erned by spe­cif­ic le­gis­la­tion and shall be based on the re­spect­ive de­gree of autonomy.