Ordinance
to the Federal Act on the Privileges, Immunities and
Facilities and the Financial Subsidies
granted by Switzerland as a Host State
(Host State Ordinance, HSO)

¹ Oth­er in­ter­na­tion­al bod­ies may be ac­cor­ded all of the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies set out in Art­icle 3 HSA.

² In de­term­in­ing the scope of the priv­ileges, im­munit­ies and fa­cil­it­ies to be ac­cor­ded in each case, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall take in­to ac­count in par­tic­u­lar the struc­ture of the body con­cerned and its con­nec­tions to the in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tions, in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions, or States with which it works, as well as its role in inter­na­tion­al re­la­tions and its in­ter­na­tion­al prom­in­ence.

³ Sub­ject to any spe­cial pro­vi­sions con­tained in a headquar­ters agree­ment entered in­to with the Fed­er­al Coun­cil or in any oth­er in­ter­na­tion­al treaty to which Switzer­land is party, oth­er in­ter­na­tion­al bod­ies may be hos­ted by an in­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­isa­tion or by an in­ter­na­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion only with the con­sent of the Fed­er­al De­part­ment of For­eign Af­fairs (FD­FA).