Commentaries: Art. 928b

The federal supervisory authority for the commercial register operates the central databases on the legal entities and persons recorded in the cantonal registers.¹The central databases allow the registered legal entities and persons to be found, and their data to be linked and differentiated.
The federal supervisory authority for the commercial register is responsible for compiling the data for the central database on legal entities.²It shall make the public data on legal entities available online free of charge for individual queries.
The commercial register offices are responsible for compiling the data for the central database on persons. The federal supervisory authority for the commercial register shall make the data on natural persons available free of charge on the internet for individual queries.³
The Confederationis responsible for the security of the information systems and the legality of the data processing.

Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 18 March 2022 on Combating Abuse of Bankruptcy Procedures, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2023 628;BBl 2019 5193). ↩
Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 18 March 2022 on Combating Abuse of Bankruptcy Procedures, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2023 628;BBl 2019 5193). ↩
Second sentence inserted by No I 1 of the FA of 18 March 2022 on Combating Abuse of Bankruptcy Procedures, in force since 1 Jan. 2025 (AS 2023 628;BBl 2019 5193). ↩

Art. 928b