Art. 68

(Art. 60 VPETA)¹

1. Requests to make a VPET fund mandatory may be submitted by:
   1. professional organisations whose activities are carried out at national level, for the whole of Switzerland and for all companies in a given economic branch; or
   2. professional organisations whose activities are carried out at regional level for the companies in the given economic branch in the corresponding region.
2. The request shall be sent to SERI in writing and shall include the following information:
   1. measures to be encouraged;
   2. how contributions to the fund shall be obtained;
   3. name of the branch;
   4. if necessary, regional boundaries;
   5. distinction between the services to be rendered by the fund in question compared to other VPET funds.
3. The professional organisation is deemed to have its own training institutions for the purposes of Article 60 paragraph 4 letter b VPETA when it directly or indirectly offers VET, professional education and/or CET courses in the economic branch. 4 – 7. …²