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Art. 152

171.10ParlAFederal ActDec 1, 2003Original source
  1. The committees responsible for foreign policy and the Federal Council shall have regular contact with each other in order to exchange views.
  2. The Federal Council shall inform the Presiding Colleges of the councils and the committees responsible for foreign policy regularly, comprehensively and in good time of important foreign policy developments. The committees responsible for foreign policy shall also pass on this information to other committees involved in foreign policy related matters.
  3. The Federal Council shall consult the committees responsible for foreign policy on important plans, on planned changes to the number of Switzerland’s diplomatic and consular representations abroad, and on the guidelines and directives relating to mandates for important international negotiations before it decides on or amends the same. It shall inform these committees of the status of its plans and of the progress made in negotiations.1 3bis. The Federal Council shall consult the committees responsible before it: a. provisionally applies an international treaty that must be concluded or approved by the Federal Assembly; or b. urgently withdraws from an international treaty when any withdrawal should be approved by the Federal Assembly.2 3ter. If the committees of both councils are against provisional application or immediate withdrawal, the Federal Council shall refrain therefrom.3
  4. In urgent cases, the Federal Council shall consult the presidents of the committees responsible for foreign policy. The presidents shall inform their committees without delay.
  5. The committees responsible for foreign policy or other relevant committees may request that they be informed or consulted by the Federal Council.

Footnotes

  1. Amended by Annex No III 1 of the Swiss Abroad Act of 26 Sept. 2014, in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 3857;BBl 2014 1915,2617). ↩

  2. Inserted by No I 2 of the FA of 8 Oct. 2004 on the Provisional Application of International Treaties (AS 2005 1245;BBl 2004 7611017). Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 21 June 2019 on the Authority to Conclude, Amend and Withdraw from International Treaties, in force since 2 Dec. 2019 (AS 2019 3119;BBl 2018 3471,5315). ↩

  3. Inserted by No I 1 of the FA of 21 June 2019 on the Authority to Conclude, Amend and Withdraw from International Treaties, in force since 2 Dec. 2019 (AS 2019 3119;BBl 2018 3471,5315). ↩

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