The Annex to this Ordinance lays down the following for each survey:
name of survey;
coverage;
whether it is to be conducted as a partial sample survey or a full sample survey;
reporting institutions;
whether, in the case of an institution divided into several organisationally independent units, the survey covers the domestic office (including domestic branches), the entire parent company (including foreign branches) or the entire group (including branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad);
the intervals at which it is conducted (frequency);
the deadline for submitting the data (submission deadline); and
any other procedures.
If, in order to fulfil a statutory task, the National Bank urgently requires the data of a particular survey, it shall fix, for a limited period of time, a submission deadline and frequency deviating from the Annex for such survey.