Federal Act
on the National Languages and
Understanding between the Linguistic Communities
(Languages Act, LangA)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 5 October 2007 (Status as 1 February 2021)


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Art. 8 Federal Assembly

1 In de­bates in the Fed­er­al As­sembly and its com­mit­tees, each mem­ber shall use a na­tion­al lan­guage of his or her choice.

2 Dis­patches, re­ports, draft le­gis­la­tion and re­quests must nor­mally be sub­mit­ted for con­sid­er­a­tion in the Fed­er­al As­sembly and its com­mit­tees in Ger­man, French and Itali­an.

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