Ordinance on the Official Gazette of the Canton of Zug (Amtsblattverordnung, ABV) - Purpose (ABV)

1. This regulation specifically governs the details for the Official Gazette of the Canton of Zug concerning

a) the authorities responsible for the publication of decrees and official texts (§ 7b para. 8 PublG-ZG); and

b) data protection in connection with search engines (§ 7c para. 2 and 3 PublG-ZG).

1. Reporting Offices are the official offices that, according to § 7b paragraphs 1-4 of the PublG-ZG, can publish decrees and official texts in the Official Gazette of the Canton of Zug.

2. These are

a) the federal, cantonal, and municipal authorities and administrative offices;

b) the public-law institutions and corporations;

c) the third parties entrusted with the fulfillment of public tasks.

1. The State Chancellery maintains a list of all registration offices and publishes it on the Canton of Zug's website.

1. Notification offices shall electronically submit decrees and official texts to the entity designated by the State Chancellery. They shall use the electronic forms provided by the State Chancellery for this purpose.

2. The State Chancellery may establish interfaces between the electronic systems with notification offices that regularly deliver larger volumes of data.

1. If the public interest in including another official text pursuant to § 7b para. 4 of the PublG-ZG in the E-Gazette and the P-Gazette is not obvious, the State Chancellery shall request the reporting office to demonstrate the public interest.

2. The State Chancellery decides on the inclusion.

1. The State Chancellery defines the individual sections for the Official Gazette of the Canton of Zug.

1. Official texts are accessible through a search function that allows for searches particularly by category, registry office, and keywords.

1. Access to individual official texts via the search function is possible for an indefinite period, unless the registry office limits the duration.

2. The registry office limits the duration for official texts containing personal data. Access via the search function is permissible until the purpose of publication is achieved.

3. If the purpose of publication is not achieved at a specific time, access via the search function to notices containing personal data must be limited to three months. In justified cases, a longer access period may be provided.

4. The publications remain available as weekly complete editions with search functionality by publication date.

5. If an official text is published both in the Swiss Commercial Gazette (SHAB) and in the Official Gazette, the period of access via the search function is determined by Article 11, Paragraph 2 of the Ordinance on the Swiss Commercial Gazette (SHAB Ordinance, VSHAB) of February 15, 2006.

1. The State Chancellery instructs external search engines and archival services not to index or archive personal data on the Internet.

2. The State Chancellery specifically instructs external search engines and archival services that personal data should not be indiscriminately indexed, copied, disseminated, or linked with other data.

3. The archiving and accessibility of the E-Gazette and the P-Gazette by the State Archive of the Canton of Zug are governed by the Archive Law.

1. The State Chancellery organizes the free acquisition of the official section of the P-Gazette. It determines the number of copies according to the needs of the clientele.

2. If the Executive Council delegates the publication of the P-Gazette to third parties by contract, these parties are obliged to provide the official section of the P-Gazette to the State Chancellery, the State Archive, and the local municipalities free of charge.

3. If the production and distribution of the official section of the P-Gazette are carried out by the State Chancellery, it may enlist internal administrative departments to assist with these tasks.