Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The court at the dom­i­cile or re­gistered of­fice of the de­fend­ant or at the place of the ac­ci­dent has jur­is­dic­tion to de­cide ac­tions res­ult­ing from mo­tor vehicle and bi­cycle ac­ci­dents.

² Ac­tions against the Swiss Na­tion­al Bur­eau of In­sur­ance (Art. 74 of the Road Traffic Act of 19 Decem­ber 1958²³; RTA) or against the Swiss Na­tion­al Guar­an­tee Fund (Art. 76 RTA) may also be brought be­fore the court at the place of any branch of such in­sti­tu­tions.

Art. 38a²⁴ Nuclear damage

¹ In the case of ac­tions arising from nuc­le­ar in­cid­ents, the court in the can­ton where the in­cid­ent took place has man­dat­ory jur­is­dic­tion.

² If there is any un­cer­tainty as to which can­ton this is, the court in the can­ton where the nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion of the li­able pro­pri­et­or is loc­ated has man­dat­ory jur­is­dic­tion.

³ If two or more courts have jur­is­dic­tion in ac­cord­ance with these rules, the court in the can­ton that is most closely linked to the in­cid­ent and which is most ser­i­ously af­fected by it has man­dat­ory jur­is­dic­tion.