Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights

¹The su­per­vis­ory au­thor­ity su­per­vises the con­duct of busi­ness of the col­lect­ive rights man­age­ment or­gan­isa­tions and en­sures that they com­ply with their ob­lig­a­tions. It ex­am­ines and ap­proves their an­nu­al re­ports.

²It may is­sue dir­ect­ives con­cern­ing the ob­lig­a­tion to provide in­form­a­tion (Art. 50).

³It may also call on agents not be­long­ing to the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion to ex­er­cise its powers; such agents are bound by a duty of con­fid­en­ti­al­ity.