Switzerland 1999 Constitution (reviewed 2014)

Final Provisions of the Federal Decree of 18 December 1998

II

1. The Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation of 29 May 1874 is repealed.
2. The following provisions of the Federal Constitution, which must be re-enacted as statute law, continue to apply until the corresponding statutory provisions come into force:
   1. Hawking and other forms of itinerant sale of spirits are prohibited.
   2. 1. For the use of first and second class motorways, the Confederation shall levy an annual charge of 40 francs on each Swiss and foreign motor vehicle and trailer with a total weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes. …
      2. … The Federal Council may exempt specific vehicles from the charge and issue special regulations, in particular for journeys made in border areas. Such regulations must not result in vehicles registered abroad being treated more favourably than Swiss vehicles. The Federal Council may impose fines for contraventions of the regulations. The Cantons shall collect the charge for vehicles registered in Switzerland and monitor compliance of all vehicles with the regulations.
      3. … The charge may be extended by federal act to further categories of vehicle that are not liable to pay the heavy vehicle charge.
   3. 1. If the Federal Assembly decides to submit a counter-proposal, voters shall be asked three questions on the same ballot paper. Each voter has the unrestricted right to state:
         1. whether he or she prefers the popular initiative to the existing law;
         2. whether he or she prefers the counter-proposal to the existing law;
         3. which of the two proposals should come into force in the event that the People and the Cantons prefer both proposals to the existing law.
      2. The absolute majority shall be calculated separately for each question. Unanswered questions shall not be taken into consideration.
      3. If both the popular initiative and the counter-proposal are accepted, the result of the third question shall be decisive. The proposal that receives the greater number of votes from the People and from the Cantons on this question shall come into force. …

1. The Federal Assembly shall adapt amendments to the Federal Constitution of 29 May 1874 to the new Federal Constitution as regards their form. The decree issued to this effect shall not be subject to a referendum.

IV

1. This Decree must be submitted to a vote of the People and the Cantons.
2. The Federal Assembly shall determine its commencement date.