Regulation concerning the control of economic activities

1 Every Municipality monitors economic activities carried out within the municipal territory.

2 It may entrust the monitoring of economic activities to the Resident Control Office or another office, provided that the present regulation is respected.

… [2]

[2] Art. repealed by R 13.9.2023; in force from 15.9.2023 - BU 2023, 285.

1 The purpose of the inspection is to ascertain the data of economic activities that have their headquarters, branch, establishment, or a contact address in the Municipality.

2 … [3]

3 The Municipality communicates to the Commercial Register Office the new economic activities that have arisen as well as any changes that have occurred, particularly transfers and cessations.

[3] Paragraph repealed by R 13.9.2023; in force since 15.9.2023 - BU 2023, 285.

For economic activities are understood

a) sole proprietorships;

b) general partnerships;

c) limited partnerships;

d) public limited companies;

e) partnerships limited by shares;

f) limited liability companies;

g) cooperative societies;

pursuant to the Code of Obligations, as well as any other independent economic activity aimed at making a profit or carried out for remuneration.

1 For economic activities, the registration must contain the following data

- eventual company name;

- purpose;

- registered office or address;

- identification number of the building, dwelling, or premises occupied;

- surname and name of the owner, partners, or administrator/administrators;

- date of commencement of the economic activity;

- date of cessation of the economic activity.

2 The Municipality maintains the data in the form of economic activity sheets.

1 The commencement of economic activity must be notified personally to the competent Office within 8 days by the owner, a partner, an administrator, or a representative.

2 Anyone subject to the notification obligation who fails to comply with it is subject to the contravention procedure pursuant to Article 145 LOC. Furthermore, the Municipal Council will proceed ex officio with the registration if it deems the conditions to be met and if, within the prescribed period, the interested party has not made the personal notification.

1. Every landlord must notify the competent office, using the appropriate form, of the establishment of an economic activity in the building leased by him, within 8 days from the effective date of the contract or from the actual date of occupation in the absence of a contract.

2. Anyone who makes their address available as a contact point for economic activities is subject to the same notification requirement, within 8 days.

1 The personal notification of the commencement of an economic activity must be accompanied by all the documents necessary to compile the data catalog in accordance with Art. 5.

2 For economic activities carried out in the form of an enterprise registered in the commercial register, the relevant extract must be produced.

1 The transfer to another Municipality or the cessation of economic activity must be notified to the competent office, within 8 days, by the owner, a partner, the administrator, or a representative.

2 The lessor must notify the competent office, within 8 days of the event, of the transfer or cessation of economic activity in the rented premises; this obligation also applies to anyone who ceases to make their address available as a contact for economic activities.

Personal notification does not release the landlord or the person who provides their address as a contact from their obligation to notify, and vice-versa.

This regulation is published in the Official Bulletin of Laws and Executive Acts of the Canton of Ticino and comes into force on October 1, 2001.

Published in BU 2001, 291.