Federal Act
on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs
(Coat of Arms Protection Act, CAPA)

¹ A pub­lic body may au­thor­ise third parties to use its signs. Art­icle 15 para­graphs 2–4 re­main ap­plic­able.

² Such au­thor­isa­tion is, in par­tic­u­lar, con­sti­tuted by:

a.

proof by the com­pet­ent for­eign au­thor­ity of the identic­al re­gis­tra­tion of the sign as a trade mark, design, busi­ness name or name of an as­so­ci­ation or found­a­tion by means of a cor­res­pond­ing re­gis­tra­tion cer­ti­fic­ate;

b.

any oth­er proof from the com­pet­ent for­eign au­thor­ity au­thor­ising the use or re­gis­tra­tion of the sign as a trade mark, design, busi­ness name or name of an as­so­ci­ation or found­a­tion.