Includes websites relevant to selling US products and services in this country, highlighting resources for small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Last Published: 2/15/2019

Swiss public tenders:

Publication of all Swiss government tenders
 

Company status and lists:

Central Business Names Index on the Internet (ZEFIX)
Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SHAB)
Company lists by sector
Ordering an extract from the debt collection register
 

Creating an office in Switzerland:

Steps to follow to create an office
 

Distance selling in Switzerland:

SECO link on distance-selling
Legislation on advertisement
  

Associations:

Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Switzerland Global Enterprise
Swiss Franchise Association
Swiss Association of Direct Marketing Companies
Switzerland’s distance selling association
Swiss Trade Association
Swiss Association for Online Sales
EconomieSuisse (Largest Swiss Business Association)
Swiss Bankers Association
Swiss Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Industries
 

Swiss government entities and laws:

Competition Commission
Takeover Board
Federal Acts on Cartels and other Restraints of Competition
 

Federal Procurement Act:

New mail order regulations as of January 1, 2019.

 
Trade events:

MCH Group
Swiss Fairs

 
Intellectual property rights:

Special 301 report 2018

 
Attorneys:

U.S. Embassy Bern Consular Section:


 

 

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