On July 11 2011, the Competition Commission ("Comco") closed its investigation against Electrolux AG and V-Zug AG in connection with restrictions on online retailing of household appliances (white goods) by reaching an amicable settlement.

Article 186 of the Swiss Private International Law Act (the PIL Act) reads as follows: 1. The arbitral tribunal shall decide on its own jurisdiction.

On September 15, 2010, the Competition Commission opened an investigation concerning restrictions to internet sales of household appliances. The investigation must show whether the restriction of internet sales constitutes a violation of competition law.

On 6 December 2007 the Competition Commission put an end to its long-running investigation into the practices of four Bernese construction operations which are renovating the Swiss National Library by discontinuing its proceedings without any finding of violation.

In a recent decision, the Swiss Supreme Court held that (i) the chairman and party-appointed arbitrators must comply with the same requirement of independence and impartiality; (ii) these requirements are not less stringent in sport arbitrations than they are in commercial arbitrations; (iii) the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to order the removal of an arbitrator further to a successful.challenge.

On March 29, 2012, the Competition Commission published a recommendation to all cantons and municipalities to grant taxi services providers from other regions the possibilities of unhampered development

Swiss arbitration law and practice have defined a fairly clear line as to what type of decisions issued by arbitral tribunals in Switzerland can be challenged before the Swiss Supreme Court, and on what grounds.

This section reviews developments concerning the Federal Act of October 6, 1995 on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition (the "Competition Act"), which is enforced by the Federal Competition Commission ("FCC").

On August 29, 2006, for the first time the Swiss Supreme Court granted revision of an international arbitral award. The Court’s acceptance of an action for revision results in the annulment of the award and a direction to the arbitral tribunal to issue a new award taking into account newly discovered facts or evidence identified by the Supreme Court as being susceptible of changing the result of the original award.

The Swiss Supreme Court forced a creditor to argue simultaneously the same claim at the forum applicable to that claim and at the Swiss forum of a debt-restructuring moratorium.

Competition Commission prohibits exchange of information between importers and suppliers of luxury cosmetics

Incidence on an arbitration of a bankruptcy law provision that provides for a termination of any arbitration agreement in case of bankruptcy.