Art. 29

(Art. 37 and 43 par. 4 GAOA)

1. The departments and the Federal Chancellery shall issue rules of procedure for themselves. In particular, the following can be regulated therein:
   1. the basic principles of the management processes in the department or in the Federal Chancellery;
   2. the basic organisational principles of the department and the Federal Chancellery, unless they are governed by other provisions;
   3. the delegation of signatory powers;
   4. ¹ the use of external consultants by groups and offices.
2. For interdepartmental tasks, the competent departments or the Federal Chancellery may issue joint rules of procedure.
3. The rules of procedure shall be publicly accessible but shall not be published in the Official Compilation of Federal Legislation.