Swiss Civil Code

¹ Found­a­tions are su­per­vised by the state au­thor­ity (Con­fed­er­a­tion, can­ton, com­mune) to which they are as­signed.

^1bis The can­tons may sub­ject found­a­tions at com­mun­al level to su­per­vi­sion at can­ton­al level.¹¹²

² The su­per­vis­ory au­thor­ity must en­sure that the found­a­tion’s as­sets are used for their de­clared pur­pose.

³ Be­ne­fi­ciar­ies or cred­it­ors of the found­a­tion, the founder, donors and cur­rent and former mem­bers of the found­a­tion board who have an in­terest in en­sur­ing that the ad­min­is­tra­tion of the found­a­tion com­plies with the law and the found­a­tion charter may ap­peal to the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­ity against acts or omis­sions of the found­a­tion’s gov­ern­ing bod­ies.¹¹³