Swiss National Bank (SNB) Documentation

Documentation

This page contains documentation on the revision of the Federal Act on the Swiss National Bank (1953/1978) and the legal environment of central bank activity prior to the entry into force of the totally revised Act on 1 May 2004. Moreover, it contains additional documents on the revision of the National Bank Act 1953/1978 (Message of the Federal Council on the National Bank Act, consultation papers on the National Bank Act and the National Bank Ordinance, etc.).


National Bank Act of 1953	German French	PDFPDF [158 kB] PDFPDF [220 kB]

Documents regarding the revision of the National Bank Act may be accessed on the website of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance:

Consultation papers


Report on the results of the consultation procedure on the revision of the National Bank Act	German French	PDFPDF [1283 kB] PDFPDF [1280 kB]
Message of the Federal Council on the revision of the National Bank Act of 26 June 2002	German French	PDFPDF [1209 kb] PDFPDF [1418 kB]
National Bank Act of 3 October 2003	English	PDFPDF [105 kB]
Consultation draft of the National Bank Ordinance	German French	PDFPDF [643 kB] PDFPDF [633 kB]
Explanations regarding the consultation draft of the National Bank Ordinance	German	PDFPDF [319 kB]