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Main text(s) Main text(s) French Loi fédérale du 21 juin 2013 sur la protection des armoiries de la Suisse et des autres signes publics       Italian Legge federale del 21 giugno 2013 sulla protezione dello stemma della Svizzera e di altri segni pubblici (stato 1° luglio 2025)      English Federal Act of June 21, 2013, on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs      German Bundesgesetz vom 21. Juni 2013 über den Schutz des Schweizerwappens und anderer öffentlicher Zeichen (stand am 1. Juli 2025)     

 

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Bundesgesetz vom 21. Juni 2013 über den Schutz des Schweizerwappens und anderer öffentlicher Zeichen (stand am 1. Juli 2025)

 

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Federal Act of June 21, 2013, on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs

 

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Loi fédérale du 21 juin 2013 sur la protection des armoiries de la Suisse et des autres signes publics

 

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Legge federale del 21 giugno 2013 sulla protezione dello stemma della Svizzera e di altri segni pubblici (stato 1° luglio 2025)

Legislation Amends (2 text(s)) Amends (2 text(s))

Federal Act of December 15, 1961, on the Protection of the Names and Emblems of the United Nations and Other Intergovernmental Organizations,  (status as of July 1, 2023) (CH584)
Federal Act of March 25, 1954, on the Protection of the Emblem and Name of the Red Cross , (status as of July 1, 2023) (CH583)

Supersedes (3 text(s)) Supersedes (3 text(s))

• Federal Act of June 21, 2013, on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs, (status as of July 1, 2023) (CH589)
• Federal Act of June 21, 2013, on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs, (status as of January 1, 2022) (CH588)
• Federal Act of June 21, 2013, on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs, (status as of January 1, 2017) (CH352)

Is implemented by (1 text(s)) Is implemented by (1 text(s))

• Ordinance of September 2, 2015, on the Protection of the Swiss Coats of Arms and Other Public Signs (status as of January 1, 2017) (CH351)

Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))

• Federal Act of June 5, 1931, on the Protection of Coats of Arms and Other Public Signs (status as of August 1, 2008) (CH200)