1. État, peuple, "Authorities" 10. Constitution and Other Fundamental Acts

1 This agreement outlines the provisions governing the effects of the transfer of the municipality of Moutier to the Republic and Canton of Jura (hereinafter referred to as "the Canton of Jura") on applications for acquisition and release of citizenship rights.

2 It also regulates the preservation of citizenship records.

1 Notwithstanding Article 7, paragraph 1, of the concordat on the transfer of Moutier, the applications for the acquisition of citizenship rights by Swiss citizens pending as of December 31, 2025, before the competent authority of the Canton of Bern, the municipal commune of Moutier, or the bourgeois commune of Moutier, are transferred to the Population Service of the Republic and Canton of Jura (hereinafter: "the Jura Population Service").

2 The Jura Population Service processes the applications under Jura law and forwards them to the competent authority if necessary.

1 Notwithstanding Article 7, paragraph 1, of the concordat on the transfer of Moutier, applications for the acquisition of citizenship by foreign nationals pending as of December 31, 2025, before the competent authority of the Canton of Bern or the municipal commune of Moutier are transferred to the Jura Population Service.

2 The Jura Population Service processes the applications in accordance with Jura law and transmits them, if necessary, to the competent authority.

1. Pending procedures as of December 31, 2025, that have not been subject to an opinion by the municipal commune of Moutier or the bourgeois commune of Moutier according to Bernese law are taken over as is by the Jura Population Service. The continuation of the procedure is conducted in accordance with Jura law.

2. Pending procedures as of December 31, 2025, that have been subject to an opinion by the municipal commune of Moutier or the bourgeois commune of Moutier according to Bernese law are taken over as is by the Jura Population Service. The analysis and opinion of the municipal commune or the bourgeois commune are deemed to have been conducted in accordance with Jura law. Unless there is a manifest error, they are equivalent to the preliminary examination required by Jura law as well as to the promise of admission or the admission to communal citizenship.

3. Pending procedures as of December 31, 2025, that have been subject to an opinion by the competent cantonal authority according to Bernese law are taken over as is by the Jura Population Service. The analysis and opinion of the Bernese cantonal authority are deemed to have been conducted in accordance with Jura law.

1 Notwithstanding Article 7, paragraph 1, of the concordat on the transfer of Moutier, the applications for release from cantonal citizenship and municipal citizenship, as well as bourgeoisie rights pending on December 31, 2025, before the competent authority of the Canton of Bern or the bourgeois municipality of Moutier, shall be transferred as they are to the Jura Population Services.

2 The Jura Population Services shall process the applications in accordance with Jura law.

1. The municipal commune of Moutier is no longer competent to process an application for the acquisition of communal and cantonal citizenship rights submitted from October 1, 2025.

2. The bourgeois commune of Moutier is no longer competent to process an application for the acquisition or release of bourgeois rights submitted from October 1, 2025.

3. They forward applications for the acquisition and release of citizenship rights to the Jura Population Service.

1 Files related to requests received up to December 31, 2017, remain archived with the municipal commune of Moutier. Those related to requests received from January 1, 2018, and resulting in naturalization by December 31, 2025, at the latest, remain archived with the Canton of Bern.

2 If necessary, the files are transferred without charge to the Jura Population Service.

The procedures for acquiring the right of citizenship and the honorary bourgeoisie right as per Article 18 of the Bernese law of June 13, 2017, on the cantonal citizenship right and the communal citizenship right (LDC) pending before the competent authorities of the municipal commune of Moutier and the bourgeois commune of Moutier as of December 31, 2025, shall become moot.

This agreement shall enter into force on October 1, 2025.