Commentaries: Art. 76

The member of the Federal Council against whose department the appeal is filed shall not participate in the decision of the Federal Council.
His department may participate in the proceedings before the Federal Council as if it were an appellant and also within the framework of the joint reporting procedure under Article 54 of the Administration Organisation Act of 19 September 1978¹.
If the joint reporting procedure leads to new factual or legal submissions being made, the appellant, any respondents or other parties involved must be heard on these submissions.

[AS 1979 114; 1983 170,931Art. 59 No 2; 1985 699; 1987 226No II 2,808; 1989 2116; 1990 3Art. 1,1530No II 1,1587Art. 1; 1991 362No I; 1992 2Art. 1288Annex No 2,510,581Annex No 2; 1993 1770; 1995 978,4093Annex No 2,4362Art. 1,5050Annex No 1; 1996 546Annex No 1,1486,1498Annex No 1.AS 1997 2022Art. 63]. See now the Government and Administration Organisation Act of 21 March 1997 (SR 172.010 ). ↩

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