Commentaries: Art. 10

The control authorities have the right to enter and inspect the business premises of persons required to provide information during normal working hours without prior notice as well as to inspect the relevant documents. They may confiscate incriminating material. If there is a suspicion that offences have been committed, further provisions of procedural law may apply.
The control authorities may request the assistance of the police of the cantons and communes as well as the investigative authorities of the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security. If there is evidence of violations of this Act, the control authorities may request the assistance of the Federal Intelligence Service and the relevant federal police authorities.¹
The control authorities may process personal data for the purposes of this Act. In the case of particularly sensitive data, only such data relating to administrative or criminal prosecutions or penalties may be processed. Other particularly sensitive personal data may be processed if this is essential in order to deal with the case in question.
The control authorities are obliged to preserve official secrecy and must take all the necessary precautions in their activities to prevent industrial espionage.

Amended by No I 38 of the O of 12 June 2020 on the Amendment of Legislation as a consequence of the Change to the Name of the Federal Customs Administration as part of its further Development, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 2743). ↩

Art. 10