Ordinance
to the Federal Act on Archiving
(Archiving Ordinance)

(Arts. 9, 11, 12 and 13 ArchA)

¹ The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity shall per­mit con­sulta­tion dur­ing the re­ten­tion peri­od if the rel­ev­ant doc­u­ments re­lat­ing to per­sons or facts were already in the pub­lic do­main be­fore ex­piry of the re­ten­tion peri­od, un­less new le­git­im­ate pub­lic or private in­terests emerge against such con­sulta­tion.

² The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity shall al­low con­sulta­tion dur­ing the ex­ten­ded re­ten­tion peri­od un­der Art­icle 11 para­graphs 1 and 2 of the Act if the con­di­tions of Art­icle 16 para­graph 1 are met.

³ The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity may al­low con­sulta­tion dur­ing the re­ten­tion peri­od at the re­quest of the Fed­er­al Archives if:

a.⁷

there are no stat­utory pro­vi­sions that pre­vent it; and

b.

there are no over­rid­ing and le­git­im­ate op­pos­ing pub­lic or private in­terests; or

c.

the re­search does not re­late to spe­cif­ic per­sons in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 11 para­graph 3 of the Act.

⁴ The pub­lic activ­ity of per­sons from con­tem­por­ary his­tory may not be pro­tec­ted by the ar­gu­ment of over­rid­ing private in­terest.