Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The costs are charged to the un­suc­cess­ful party. If an ac­tion is not ad­mit­ted by the court or if it is with­drawn, the plaintiff is deemed to be the un­suc­cess­ful party; in the event of the ac­cept­ance of the claim it is the de­fend­ant.

² If no party en­tirely is suc­cess­ful, the costs are al­loc­ated in ac­cord­ance with the out­come of the case.

³ If three or more per­sons are par­ti­cip­at­ing in the pro­ceed­ings as prin­cip­al parties or ac­cess­ory parties, the court shall de­term­ine each party's share of the costs ac­cord­ing to the ex­tent of their par­ti­cip­a­tion. In the case of man­dat­ory join­der, it may de­cide that they are jointly and sev­er­ally li­able.⁶⁴