Commercial law & questions concerning export
Swissmem advises Company Members in legal questions relevant to the sector and has many years of experience in the area of the technical law of the EU and the Swiss regulations concerning export control. We are even able to answer questions on the European level quickly and reliably, thanks to our network.
Service for you
- You will receive information about the industry-specific legal development in Switzerland and abroad through individual consultations, seminars and publications.
- We support Company Members in the case of legal or customs procedures or those concerning the origin of goods and in the case of questions concerning technical conformity within the European economic area.
- Swissmem will communicate model agreements to you in conformity with the EU (e.g. agency or contractual dealing or technology licence agreements) and general terms and conditions of business in several languages.
- You will receive privileged access to the General Terms and Conditions of Business of Orgalime (Orgalime General Conditions in an electronic format). You will profit from a discount of 50 % via the link in Extranet, as a Company Member.
- You will receive various statistics about the sector and prognoses concerning the developments in different markets.
- We shall offer you information about business opportunities within the framework of offset transactions.
- You will be able to obtain the excerpts from the norms that are jointly looked after by Swissmem with a reduction of 20 %.
- Swissmem looks after various commissions, such as the legal commission, the commission for technical harmonization, the commission for commercial legal protection, the commission for Swiss customs questions and the commission für export financing, to represent the interests of the sector.