Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights
(Copyright Act, CopA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Ar­bit­ra­tion Com­mis­sion for the Ex­ploit­a­tion of Copy­rights and Re­lated Rights (Ar­bit­ra­tion Com­mis­sion) is re­spons­ible for ap­prov­ing the tar­iffs of the col­lect­ive rights man­age­ment or­gan­isa­tions (Art. 46).

² Its mem­bers are ap­poin­ted by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil. It reg­u­lates the or­gan­isa­tion and pro­ced­ures of the Ar­bit­ra­tion Com­mis­sion in ac­cord­ance with the Ad­min­is­trat­ive Pro­ced­ure Act of 20 Decem­ber 1968⁵⁵.

³ The Ar­bit­ra­tion Com­mis­sion ac­cepts no dir­ect­ives in tak­ing its de­cisions; the staff of the Sec­ret­ari­at of the Com­mis­sion are an­swer­able for such activ­ity to the Chair­man of the Com­mis­sion.