Federal Act on Administrative Procedure

¹The au­thor­ity com­pet­ent in the mat­ter may, ex of­fi­cio or on ap­plic­a­tion, is­sue a de­clar­at­ory rul­ing on the ex­ist­ence, the non-ex­ist­ence or the ex­tent of pub­lic law rights or ob­lig­a­tions.

²The ap­plic­a­tion for a de­clar­at­ory rul­ing must be gran­ted if the ap­plic­ant demon­strates an in­terest that is worthy of pro­tec­tion.

³No party may be pre­ju­diced by act­ing in jus­ti­fied re­li­ance on a de­clar­at­ory rul­ing.