(Art. 8 paras. 4 and 5 GAOA)
- The Federal Council shall act as the owner and carry out the associated supervision and control in relation to the autonomous units in accordance with Article 8 paragraph 5 GAOA as a whole.
- The department with the closest relevance to the field in question shall exercise supervision on behalf of the Federal Council, exercise the owner’s rights and serve as the contact for the management bodies of the autonomous units. In the case of autonomous units of major importance for the federal budget, it shall exercise the ownership rights jointly with the FFA. The departments to which the autonomous units are allocated and the units for which joint exercise of ownership rights with the FFA applies are listed in Annex 3.
- If other departments and administrative units have a connection with the field for which an autonomous unit is responsible, they shall be consulted in relation to fulfilling the tasks in accordance with paragraph 2.
- The General Secretariat of the Department shall be responsible for fulfilling the tasks in accordance with paragraph 2. The Department may delegate responsibility in writing to a state secretariat or a federal office provided there are no conflicts of interest, in particular with regard to regulation, technical supervision, appointment and subsidisation.
- The FFA shall draw up the principles for the supervision and management of the federal government’s autonomous units (public corporate governance) and shall ensure the coordination of reporting. In doing so, it shall work with the departments and administrative units concerned.