Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The court shall nor­mally give no­tice of the de­cision to the parties without provid­ing a writ­ten state­ment of the grounds:¹⁵¹

a.

at the main hear­ing, by hand­ing over the writ­ten con­clu­sions to the parties and giv­ing an or­al sum­mary of the grounds;

b.¹⁵²

by serving the parties promptly with the con­clu­sions.

² A writ­ten state­ment of the grounds must be provided if one of the parties so re­quests with­in 10 days of the no­tice be­ing giv­en of the de­cision. If no state­ment of grounds is re­ques­ted, the parties are deemed to have waived their right to chal­lenge the de­cision by ap­peal or ob­jec­tion.

³ The above is sub­ject to the pro­vi­sions of the Fed­er­al Su­preme Court Act of 17 June 2005¹⁵³ on no­tice of de­cisions that may be re­ferred to the Fed­er­al Su­preme Court.