Federal Act on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code (OR)

Art. 418dOR from 2023

Art. 418d II. Duty of discretion and prohibition of competition

¹ The agent must not exploit or reveal the principal’s trade secrets with which he has been entrusted or of which he became aware by reason of the agency relationship even after the end of the commercial agency contract.

² The provisions governing service contracts apply mutatis mutandis to a contractual prohibition of competition. Where such a prohibition has been agreed, on termination of the contract the agent has an inalienable entitlement to adequate special remuneration.