Commentaries: Art. 15

The FOEN shall delegate the levying, administration and use of the fee to a suitable private organisation. The Fee Organisation may not have any commercial interest related to the manufacture, import or export, supply or disposal of beverage containers.
The FOEN shall enter into a contract with the Fee Organisation for a period of up to five years. The contract shall regulate in particular the proportion of the fee which the Fee Organisation may use for its own activities, and the conditions and consequences of premature termination of the contract.
The Fee Organisation must carry out internal controls of management and appoint independent third parties approved by the FOEN to examine the internal control results and audit its accounts. It must supply them with all the necessary information and permit access to files.¹
It may reach agreement with the FOCBS on levying the fee on imports. The FOCBS may undertake to inform the organisation about the data in the customs declarations and further information relating to the import or export of beverage containers.
The Fee Organisation shall safeguard the commercial confidentiality of parties liable to pay the fee vis-à-vis third parties.

Amended by Annex No II 1 of the O of 20 Oct. 2021 on the Return, Taking Back and Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2021 633). ↩

Art. 15