Federal Act on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Insignia

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Swiss federal act law on national symbols

The Federal Act on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Insignia is a Swiss law that regulates and restricts the use of national symbols such as the Swiss coat of arms and flag to prevent misuse and protect their integrity.

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Label	Occurrences
Federal Act on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Insignia canonical	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss federal act ⓘ law on national symbols ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent deceptive use of Swiss national symbols ⓘ prevent dilution of the Swiss coat of arms ⓘ prevent dilution of the Swiss flag ⓘ
appliesTo	legal entities in Switzerland ⓘ natural persons in Switzerland ⓘ use of Swiss national symbols abroad with Swiss reference ⓘ
contains	penal provisions for misuse of public insignia ⓘ provisions on authorization to use protected insignia ⓘ provisions on prohibitions of use ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
enforcedBy	Swiss federal authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ competent cantonal authorities ⓘ
hasShortDescription	Swiss federal law regulating and restricting the use of national symbols to prevent misuse and protect their integrity ⓘ
jurisdiction	Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfDocument	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ
legalArea	intellectual property–adjacent regulation ⓘ public law ⓘ
legislativeBody	Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
protects	Swiss coat of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss flag NERFINISHED ⓘ cantonal coats of arms and public insignia ⓘ communal coats of arms and public insignia ⓘ
purpose	preservation of the integrity of Swiss national symbols ⓘ prevention of misuse of national symbols ⓘ protection of other Swiss public insignia ⓘ protection of the Swiss coat of arms ⓘ protection of the Swiss flag ⓘ
regulates	commercial use of Swiss national symbols ⓘ non‑commercial use of Swiss national symbols ⓘ use of Swiss public insignia ⓘ use of the Swiss coat of arms ⓘ use of the Swiss flag ⓘ
relatedTo	Swiss law on the protection of names and emblems ⓘ Swiss trademark law ⓘ

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Swiss flag → codifiedInLaw → Federal Act on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Insignia ⓘ