Art. 7a

(Art. 2 para. 3 GAOA)

1. The Decentralised Federal Administration comprises the following four categories of administrative units:
   1. the extra-parliamentary commissions pursuant to Article 57a GAOA;
   2. the administrative units that are organisationally independent by law that do not have legal personality;
   3. the legally independent public corporations and foundations as well as institutions established by statute, unless they predominantly provide services on the market;
   4. companies limited by shares which the Confederation controls in terms of capital and voting rights, unless they predominantly provide services on the market.
2. The administrative units in accordance with paragraph 1 letters a and b are not bound by directives in the performance of their duties unless the law provides otherwise.