Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ In fin­an­cial dis­putes with a value in dis­pute of at least 100,000 francs, the parties may mu­tu­ally agree to waive any at­tempt at con­cili­ation.

² The plaintiff may uni­lat­er­ally waive con­cili­ation:

a.

if the de­fend­ant's re­gistered of­fice or dom­i­cile is abroad;

b.

if the de­fend­ant's res­id­ence is un­known;

c.

in dis­putes un­der the Gender Equal­ity Act of 24 March 1995¹³⁰.

³In dis­putes for which a single can­ton­al in­stance has jur­is­dic­tion un­der Art­icles 5, 6 and 8, the plaintiff may bring the ac­tion dir­ectly be­fore the court.¹³¹