Government and
Administration Organisation Ordinance
(GAOO)

(Art. 31 para. 3, 43 and 47 GAOA)

The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall is­sue an or­gan­isa­tion­al or­din­ance for each de­part­ment and for the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery. In par­tic­u­lar, it shall reg­u­late:

a.

the ob­ject­ives, prin­ciples and re­spons­ib­il­it­ies of the de­part­ments and the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery;

b.

the ob­ject­ives, tasks and re­spons­ib­il­it­ies of the groups and of­fices;

c.¹⁰⁰

the de­part­ment­al al­loc­a­tion of the de­cent­ral­ised ad­min­is­trat­ive units and, un­less oth­er­wise reg­u­lated, their ob­ject­ives, tasks and re­spons­ib­il­it­ies.