Swiss Civil Code

¹ The usu­fructu­ary must pre­serve the ob­ject in its ori­gin­al con­di­tion and of his or her own ac­cord carry out such re­pairs and renov­a­tions as con­sti­tute nor­mal main­ten­ance.

² If more sub­stan­tial work or meas­ures are ne­ces­sary to pro­tect the ob­ject, the usu­fructu­ary must in­form the own­er and al­low such work to be car­ried out.

³ If the own­er does not at­tend to the mat­ter, the usu­fructu­ary is au­thor­ised to take the ne­ces­sary steps at the own­er’s ex­pense.