Commentaries: Art. 71

The Federal Council shall appoint the Federal Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC); this commission comprises five to nine members. The Federal Council shall determine the requirements as regards the independence of the members.¹
The NSC performs the following advisory tasks on behalf of ENSI, the Department and the Federal Council:
1. examination of fundamental issues concerning nuclear safety;
2. participation in legislative work in the field of nuclear safety.
On behalf of the Federal Council and the Department, it may report on ENSI's expert opinions. It shall accordingly draft the reports required by the Federal Council, the Department or the Federal Office.

Amended by No I of the O of 27 Nov. 2019 (Increase in the Number of Members of the Federal Nuclear Safety Commission), in force since 1 Jan. 2020 (AS 2019 4211). ↩

Art. 71