Federal Act
on Unfair Competition
(Unfair Competition Act, UCA)

¹ The ac­tions un­der Art­icle 9 are also avail­able to cus­tom­ers whose eco­nom­ic in­terests are threatened or dam­aged by un­fair com­pet­i­tion.

² In ad­di­tion, the fol­low­ing en­tit­ies may bring ac­tions un­der Art­icle 9 para­graphs 1 and 2:

a.

pro­fes­sion­al and trade as­so­ci­ations which are au­thor­ised un­der their art­icles to safe­guard the eco­nom­ic in­terests of their mem­bers;

b.

or­gan­isa­tions of na­tion­al or re­gion­al im­port­ance which, in ac­cord­ance with their art­icles, are ded­ic­ated to con­sumer pro­tec­tion;

c.³⁰

...

³ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may also bring ac­tions un­der Art­icle 9 para­graphs 1 and 2 if it re­gards it as ne­ces­sary in or­der to pro­tect the pub­lic in­terest, and in par­tic­u­lar if:

a.

Switzer­land's repu­ta­tion abroad is threatened or dam­aged and the per­sons whose eco­nom­ic in­terests are af­fected are based abroad; or

b.

the in­terests of sev­er­al per­sons or of a group of mem­bers of an in­dustry or oth­er col­lect­ive in­terests are threatened or dam­aged.³¹

⁴ Where re­quired in or­der to pro­tect the pub­lic in­terest, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall in­form the pub­lic about un­fair prac­tices, and name the busi­nesses con­cerned. Where there is no longer a pub­lic in­terest, the pub­lic­a­tions con­cerned shall be de­leted.³²

⁵ In the case of ac­tions by the Con­fed­er­a­tion, the ap­plic­a­tion of this Act is man­dat­ory in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 18 of the Fed­er­al Act of 18 Decem­ber 1987³³ on Private In­ter­na­tion­al Law.³⁴