Commentaries: Art. 28

The Federal Assembly shall participate:
1. in the significant aspects of the planning of state activities;
2. in determining the strategic goals of units that have become autonomous in accordance with Article 8 paragraph 5 of the Government and Administration Organisation Act of 21 March 1997¹.²
a. gathering information on its activities in accordance with paragraph 1 from Federal Council reports or acknowledging such reports; b. mandating the Federal Council: 1. to make specific plans or to alter the main elements of a plan, or 2. to determine strategic goals for the units that have become autonomous or to alter such goals; c. taking decisions of general principle and planning decisions.³
It participates by:
General principle decisions and planning decisions are preliminary decisions that state that certain goals must be achieved, principles and criteria must be observed or measures must be planned.
General principle decisions and planning decisions shall be issued in the form of a simple federal decree. For general principle decisions and planning decisions of greater importance, the form of a federal decree may be chosen.
If the Federal Council does not adhere to the mandates it has been given or general principle and planning decisions, it must provide justification for doing so.

SR 172.010 ↩
Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 17 Dec. 2010 on the Participation of the Federal Assembly in the Management of Autonomous Units, in force since 1 Jan. 2012 (AS 2011 5859;BBl 2010 3377,3413). ↩
Inserted by No I 1 of the FA of 17 Dec. 2010 on the Participation of the Federal Assembly in the Management of Autonomous Units, in force since 1 Jan. 2012 (AS 2011 5859;BBl 2010 3377,3413). ↩

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