Section 1: Organisation of official bodies
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> Art. 7 IV. Assay Offices / 1. Organisation / a. Establishment / bb. Cantonal Assay Offices
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IV. Assay Offices
1. Organisation
a. Establishment
aa. Federal Assay Offices
1 Federal Assay Offices shall be established if and when necessary in the country’s economic interests, particularly where a cantonal Assay Office does not exist. A federal Assay Office may be established for an area covering several cantons, or parts of various cantons may be included in its sphere of operation. Establishment is effected by a decision of the Federal Department of Finance.
2 Before establishment, opinions must be sought from the relevant cantonal governments and the business associations involved, which shall also receive precise details of the financial requirements that are made of them in the event of establishment. The Department may request payment of collateral to secure these financial requirements.
3 The Department shall determine the organisation of the federal Assay Offices. The officers and sworn assayers1 are employees of the Customs Administration and are subject to its official regulations.
1 Expression in accordance with No. I of the Ordinance of 19 June 1995, in force since 1 Aug. 1995 (AS 1995 3113). This amendment is taken into account in the entire enactment.
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