Official Collection of Laws of Bern (BAG) (PUV)

1. The Official Bernese Legal Gazette is published on the internet in both official languages on the second-to-last Wednesday of each month.

2. Access to the internet publication is free of charge.

3. The enactments published in a year are numbered consecutively in the order of their publication.

4. A table of contents is created for each publication.

1. To ensure the authenticity of the Official Collection of Laws of the Canton of Bern, the personnel responsible according to the Rules of Procedure of the State Chancellery affixes the regulated electronic seal of the cantonal administration to the documents.

1. Amendments to the Cantonal Constitution are published in the Official Collection of Laws of Bern as soon as possible after being accepted by the public. If the effective date is yet to be determined, publication takes place as soon as possible after the decision regarding the effective date.

2. Laws are published in the Official Collection of Laws of Bern,

a. if a public referendum takes place, as soon as possible after acceptance by the public;

b. if the referendum period has expired without being utilized, as soon as possible after the corresponding decision of ascertainment;

c. if the effective date is yet to be determined, as soon as possible after the decision regarding the effective date.

3. Decrees, the effective date of which is yet to be determined, are published in the Official Collection of Laws of Bern as soon as possible after the decision regarding the effective date.

4. Enactments published in the form of a reference (Art. 5 PuG[[2]](#paragraphtext_content_fn_4868344_2_2_c)) must be available in both official languages on the day of publication.

1. The publication is made with reference to the entry into force of the decree.

1. The Official Gazette of the Canton of Bern (Official Gazette) is published weekly.

2. It is issued exclusively in electronic form.

3. Access on the internet is free of charge.

4. The Official Gazette is published on the publication platform operated by the Confederation in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 3 of the Federal Ordinance of February 15, 2006, on the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (Ordinance SHAB, VSHAB).

The Official Gazette contains publications in German and French.

The publication is made in the official language in which the notification (Art. 4b) is submitted on the publication platform.

If a publication is to be made in both official languages, a notification must be made for each official language.

1. A notification is considered an official text in one of the official languages, which is to be published as a unit.

1. Reporting Offices are public entities and private individuals who are authorized or obligated to publish notices in the official journal. These include

a) the bodies of the canton, its institutions, and corporations,

b) the bodies of the municipalities, their institutions, and corporations subject to the Municipal Law of March 16, 1998 (GG),

c) the bodies of the federal government, other cantons, or extraterritorial municipalities,

d) private individuals, insofar as they are entrusted by the canton or municipalities with the fulfillment of public tasks, or they are obligated to publish based on federal law, cantonal law, or municipal law.

Reporting offices are responsible for the substantive and formal accuracy of the reports.

1. The reporting entities register themselves on the publication platform.

2. The platform operator grants the reporting entities access to the publication platform. In cases of doubt, the operator consults with the responsible department of the State Chancellery beforehand.

3. Registered reporting entities submit their reports electronically on the publication platform.

1. Reporting offices that publish only occasionally in the official gazette may forgo registration and thus access to the publication platform.

2. They submit their reports to the competent office of the State Chancellery.

1. The data of the official gazette shall be furnished with an electronic signature or electronic seal pursuant to Article 8, paragraph 2 of the Swiss Electronic Signature Act (VSHAB).

2. The State Chancellery shall store the data of the published notices, which are regularly provided to it by the platform operator, in a secure location.

1. The publication fee amounts to 20 Swiss Francs per report.

2. It shall be levied

a) at the reporting offices according to Article 7a, paragraph 1, letters b to d,

b) by the bodies of the cantonal institutions and corporations according to Article 7a, paragraph 1, letter a,

c) by the bodies of the canton according to Article 7a, paragraph 1, letter a, if they are able to pass on the publication fee to a third party.

1. Access to notices via the search function on the internet is possible for an indefinite period, provided that the registration offices do not restrict it.

2. If a notice is published in both the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SHAB) and the Federal Gazette, the duration of access to notices is governed by Article 11 of the SHAB Ordinance.

1. In cases of reports involving personal data, the registration offices limit the duration of access through the search function on the Internet, but not to less than one month. Access through the search function is permitted only as long as the purpose of the publication is fulfilled.

1. The Bernese Systematic Collection of Laws is updated monthly.

1. The Bernese Systematic Collection of Laws is published on the Internet.

2. Access on the Internet is free of charge.

1. Contracts existing at the time of the regulation's entry into force shall remain in effect until December 31, 1994.

2. They may be extended in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2.

1. The Ordinance of December 6, 1978, on Official Gazettes and Bulletins is repealed.

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 1994.