Commentaries: Art. 12

The following authorities or bodies may enter data directly into the information system in order to fulfil their statutory duties:
1. the Federal Office of Police;
2. the issuing authorities;
3. the production centres.
The following authorities or agencies may consult data online in order to fulfil their statutory duties:
1. the Federal Office of Police;
2. the issuing authorities;
3. the Border Guard, exclusively for the purpose of establishing identity;
4. the police units designated by the Confederation and the cantons, exclusively for the purpose of establishing identity;
5. the police units designated by the cantons to receive loss reports;
6. the federal police unit designated as responsible for requests to establish identity received from abroad, exclusively for establishing identity;
7. ¹ the Federal Intelligence Service, exclusively for the purpose of establishing identity.
Data from the information system may be passed on for the purpose of identifying victims of accidents, natural disasters and acts of violence as well as missing persons. Information to other authorities shall be provided in accordance with the principles of administrative assistance.
The competent authorities in accordance with paragraph 2 letters c and d may also consult the data online in the information system on the basis of the name and biometric data of a person if that person is unable to produce an identity document.

Inserted by No I 5 of the Federal Act of 25 Sept. 2020 on Police Measures to Combat Terrorism, in force since 1 June 2022 (AS 2021 565; 2022 300;BBl 2019 4751). ↩

Art. 12