Commentaries: Art. 7b

Where the Federal Assembly is responsible for approving the conclusion of or amendment to an international treaty, the Federal Council may determine or agree the provisional application of the treaty without the approval of the Federal Assembly when it is necessary to safeguard important Swiss interests and the matter is of particular urgency.¹ 1bis. It shall refrain from applying the treaty provisionally if the competent committees of both Councils are against doing so.²
The provisional application of an international treaty ends if the Federal Council fails to present the Federal Assembly with a draft of a federal decree on the treaty in question within six months.
The Federal Council shall notify the parties to the treaty of the termination of the provisional application.

Amended by No I 2 of the FA of 21 June 2019 on the Authority to Conclude, Amend or Withdraw from International Treaties, in force since 2 Dec. 2019 (AS 2019 3119;BBl 2018 34715315). ↩
Inserted by No I 1 of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 on the Power to conclude International Treaties of Limited Scope and the Provisional Application of International Treaties, in force since 1 May 2015 (AS 2015 969;BBl 2012 7465). ↩

Art. 7b