C. Implementing provisions

I. Federal law

¹ The Federal Council issues the provisions on implementation.

² In particular it regulates:

1.

the registers to be maintained and the information to be recorded;

2. the use of the OASI number in accordance with Article 50c of the Federal Act of 20 December 1946¹ on the Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance for the purpose of electronic data exchange between official registers of persons;

3. the maintenance of the register;

4.

supervision.²

³ To ensure technically reliable implementation the Federal Council may set minimum requirements for the basic and continuing education and training of personnel in the civil register service and for the function of registrar.

⁴ It determines the fees charged by the civil register service.

⁵ It determines the conditions on which it is permissible by electronic means:

1.

to provide civil status information;

2.

to make declarations concerning civil status;

3.

to make notifications and provide extracts from the civil register.³