Commentaries: Art. 4

The supervisory authorities have the right to enter and to inspect the business premises of persons who are subject to a duty of disclosure without prior notice during normal working hours, as well as to examine relevant documentation. They shall seize any incriminating material.
They may call upon the assistance of the cantonal or communal police as well as investigating officers from the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security.¹
The supervisory authorities and any other authorities called upon for assistance are obliged to preserve official secrecy and take such precautionary measures within the scope of their activities as may be required to prevent industrial espionage.

Amended by No I 39 of the O of 12 June 2020 on the Amendment of Legislation as a consequence of the Change to the Name of the Federal Customs Administration as part of its further Development, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 2743). ↩

Art. 4