Commentaries: Art. 1

The aim of this Ordinance is to ensure that private individuals, businesses and public bodies in Switzerland are offered a sufficient, reasonably priced, high quality range of internet domain names that fulfils their requirements.
It must in particular:
1. ensure the efficient, transparent and judicious use of the top-level domains that Switzerland is responsible for managing;
2. preserve the security and availability of the infrastructure and the services necessary for the operation of the domain name system (DNS);
3. ensure that Swiss law and the interests of Switzerland are respected during the management and use of the top-level domains that have an effect in Switzerland.