Commentaries: Art. 15

Banks, financial market infrastructures, financial institutions as defined in Article 2 paragraph 1 of the Financial Institutions Act of 15 June 2018¹, and authorised parties in accordance with Article 13 paragraph 2 of the Collective Investment Schemes Act of 23 June 2006²must provide the National Bank with statistical data relating to their activities.³
To the extent necessary for an analysis of financial market developments, for an overview of payment transactions, for drawing up the balance of payments or for statistics on foreign assets, the National Bank may collect statistical data on the business activities from other natural persons or legal entities, including entities for the issuing of payment instruments or for the processing, clearing and settlement of payment transactions, insurance companies, occupational pension institutions and investment and holding companies.⁴
The National Bank shall lay down in an ordinance what data are to be provided and with what frequency; furthermore, it shall lay down the organisation and procedure after having consulted the reporting institutions.

SR 954.1 ↩
SR 951.31 ↩
Amended by Annex No II 12 of the Financial Institutions Act of 15 June 2018, in force since 1 Jan. 2020 (AS 2018 5247, 2019 4631;BBl 2015 8901). ↩
Amended by Annex No 8 of the Financial Market Infrastructure Act of 19 June 2015, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 5339;BBl 2014 7483). ↩

Art. 15