OR Art. 928b -

Einleitung zur Rechtsnorm OR:

The Swiss Code of Obligations is a central code of Swiss civil law that regulates the legal relationships between private individuals. It includes five books that cover various aspects of contract law, law of obligations and property law, including the formation, content and termination of contracts, as well as liability for breach of contract and tort. The Code of Obligations is an important code of law for business and everyday life in Switzerland, as it forms the basis for many legal relationships and contracts and has been in force since 1912, whereby it is regularly adapted to social and economic developments.

Art. 928b OR from 2025

Art. 928b Central databases

¹ The federal supervisory authority for the commercial register operates the central databases on the legal entities and persons recorded in the cantonal registers. ⁽¹⁾ The central databases allow the registered legal entities and persons to be found, and their data to be linked and differentiated.

² The federal supervisory authority for the commercial register is responsible for compiling the data for the central database on legal entities. ⁽¹⁾ It shall make the public data on legal entities available online free of charge for individual queries.

³ The commercial register offices are responsible for compiling the data for the central database on persons. The federal supervisory authority for the commercial register shall make the data on natural persons available free of charge on the internet for individual queries. ⁽³⁾

⁴ The Confederationis responsible for the security of the information systems and the legality of the data processing.