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Below you will find a summary of the various legal texts that deal with Swiss bank secrecy.

List of the main federal laws

• Labor Code (RS 220), Article 398
• Swiss Criminal Code (RS 311.0), Articles 260; 305a; 305b
• Federal Act on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (RS 351.1)
• Federal Act on the Treaty with the United States of America on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (RS 351.93)
• Federal Banking Act (RS 952.0), Article 47
• Federal Act on Securities Exchanges and Securities Trading of 24 March 1995 (RS 954.1)
• Federal Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering in the Financial Sector of 10 October 1997 (entered into effect on 1 April 1998; RS 955.0)

List of main international agreements ratified by Switzerland

• European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 20 April 1959 (RS 0.351.1)
• Convention of 8 November 1990 on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime (RS 0.311.53)
• International judicial cooperation treaties (RS 0.351 et seq.)

Other important references

• Federal Banking Commission's policy on the prevention and fight against money laundering, reviewed in 1998 (Circular 98/1))
• Agreement on the Swiss banks' code of conduct with regard to the exercise of due diligence of 1 July 1997, reviewed in 1998 (self-regulation by the Swiss Bankers Association)
• 40 Recommendations from the FATF (Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering)

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