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The purpose of this ordinance is to define the tasks assigned to the single window and to complete the list of administrative units delegating tasks to it.

The terms used in this ordinance to designate persons apply equally to women and men.

The single window performs the duties pertaining to the following administrative units

a) District Revenue and Administrations;

b) Office of Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy;

c) Public Health Service.

The personnel of the single-window office is tasked with advising and assisting the public, notably by providing them with services and assisting them in the use of the secure virtual portal. If necessary, they direct individuals to the competent administrative unit.

They schedule appointments on behalf of the administrative units that request it.

Administrative units may receive individuals on the premises of the single-window office. The personnel of the single-window office organizes the arrangements for making the premises available.

Parastatal entities may receive individuals on the premises of the single-window office. The arrangements for making the premises available are regulated in an agreement.

The personnel of the single-window office supports the implementation and use of federal and cantonal administrations' digital projects by the public.

They compile statistics concerning the use of the single-window office.

The single desk performs the tasks related to the following District Revenues and Administrations

a) granting of gaming permits as per Article 3 of the Law of 26 October 1978 on Gaming;

b) granting of gambling authorizations as per Article 15 of the Law of 28 October 2020 introducing the Federal Law on Gambling;

c) communication of decisions pertaining to gambling issues to the inter-cantonal authority as per Article 6 of the implementing ordinance of 16 February 2021 of the law introducing the Federal Law on Gambling;

d) granting of occasional public establishment permits as per Article 39, paragraph 2, of the Law of 18 March 1998 on Hospitality, Catering, and the Alcoholic Beverage Trade (Innkeepers Law);

e) granting of dance event authorizations as per Article 50, paragraph 2, of the Innkeepers Law;

f) receipt of information regarding the exceeding of legal hours as per Article 66 of the Innkeepers Law;

g) deposit of rent in accordance with Chapter II of the ordinance of 24 June 2015 concerning conciliation committees in rental matters and the deposit of rent;

h) administrative management of the Legal Information Service.

Tasks assigned to the District Revenues and Administrations by legislation and which are not performed by the single desk for the district of Moutier, are performed by the District Revenues and Administration of Delémont.

The one-stop service performs the following tasks related to the Office of Debt Collection and Bankruptcy

a) collection of debt payments;

b) issuance of extracts from the debt collection register.

The single window performs the following tasks related to the Public Health Service

a) assists in obtaining an identification means that meets the requirements for the creation of an electronic patient file;

b) creation of an electronic patient file.

The one-stop shop personnel may collect fees in return for the services they provide.

The fees are collected in accordance with the legislation on fees.

They are paid to the administrative unit for which the service is provided.

Administrative units that assign tasks to the one-stop shop shall train the one-stop shop staff in their internal processes and software, when necessary for the performance of the tasks in question.

The costs related to training provided by third parties or by an administrative unit in connection with the exercise of a task entrusted to the one-stop shop by said unit shall be borne by the concerned administrative unit.

The necessary costs for acquiring and maintaining the material resources to allow the one-stop shop to deliver a task entrusted by an administrative unit shall be the responsibility of that unit.

The single window personnel assist citizens in obtaining an electronic means of identification for access to the secure virtual counter as defined in Article 3 of the ordinance dated April 24, 2012, concerning the secure virtual counter.

The single window personnel may carry out the verification provided for in Article 11, paragraph 2, of the ordinance concerning the secure virtual counter.

The one-stop shop may provide the municipal commune of Moutier with workspace for its communal AVS agency free of charge based on an agreement.

This agreement outlines the administrative, financial, and legal terms for allocation.

The chancellor is authorized to sign this agreement.

The single window personnel receives the documents submitted by the citizens at the single window that are intended for the various administrative units of the State whose tasks are assigned to it.

It forwards them to the administrative units whose tasks are assigned to it according to the procedures defined by the concerned units.

This ordinance shall come into force on January 1, 2026.