Art. 21 Swiss Civil Code Introductory Act (LiCC)

1. German corporations, forest corporations, road corporations, user associations, pasture corporations, dyke associations, associations of hydraulic power concessionaires as provided for by Article 60 of the law on water use, land improvement syndicates, livestock insurance funds, and other similar corporations subject to cantonal law acquire legal personality through the sanction of the competent department pursuant to the organizational decree given to their statutes and regulations, without the need for registration with the commercial register.

2. Existing corporations of this kind are recognized as legal persons but are required to submit their statutes and regulations for the sanction of the competent department pursuant to the organizational decree.

3. The department may set a deadline for this purpose, under penalty of sanction.