Art. 6 Commercial Court

¹ The cantons may designate a special court that has jurisdiction as sole cantonal instance for commercial disputes (Commercial Court).

² A dispute is considered commercial, if:

a.: it concerns the commercial activity of at least one party;
b.: the decision is subject to an objection in civil matters to the Federal Supreme Court; and
c.: the parties are registered in the Swiss Commercial Registry or in an equivalent foreign registry.

³ If only the defendant is registered in the Swiss Commercial Register or in an equivalent foreign register, but all the other conditions are met, the plaintiff may choose between the Commercial Court and the ordinary court.

⁴ The cantons may also assign to the Commercial Court:

a.: the disputes mentioned in Article 5 paragraph 1;
b.: the disputes relating to the law of commercial companies and cooperatives.

⁵ The Commercial Court is also competent to order interim measures before an action is pending.

Art. 6 Dretgira commerziala

¹ Ils chantuns pon designar ina dretgira spezialisada ch’è cumpetenta sco suletta instanza chantunala per dispitas dal dretg commerzial (dretgira commerziala).

² I sa tracta d’ina dispita dal dretg commerzial, sche:

a.: l’activitad commerziala d’almain ina partida è pertutgada;
b.: ins po far recurs en chaussas civilas tar il Tribunal federal cunter la decisiun; e
c.: las partidas èn inscrittas en il register svizzer da commerzi u en in register ester cumparegliabel.

³ Sche mo la partida accusada è inscritta en il register svizzer da commerzi u en in register ester cumparegliabel, ma sche las ulteriuras premissas èn ademplidas, po la partida accusanta tscherner tranter la dretgira commerziala e la dretgira ordinaria.

⁴ Ultra da quai pon ils chantuns attribuir a la dretgira commerziala:

a.: las dispitas tenor l’artitgel 5 alinea 1;
b.: las dispitas che concernan il dretg da societads commerzialas e d’associaziuns.

⁵ La dretgira commerziala è er cumpetenta per ordinar mesiras preventivas avant l’entrada da la litispendenza d’in plant.

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