Issues excluded from being the subject of an initiative at the national level

FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SWISSCONFEDERATION

(Adopted1999; last amended 2013)

http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c101.html

Title 4: The People and the Cantons

Chapter 1: General Provisions

Art. 139 Popular initiative requestinga partial revision of the Federal Constitution in specific terms

(3) If the initiative fails tocomply with the requirements of consistency of form, and of subject matter, orif it infringes mandatoryprovisions of international law, the Federal Assembly shall declare itto be invalid in whole or in part.

FEDERAL ACT ONPARLIAMENT

(Adopted 2002; last amended 2011)

http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c171_10.html

Title 5. Procedure in the Federal Assembly

Chapter 3. Procedure for Popular Initiatives

Section 2: Popular Initiative for the Partial Revision of theFederal Constitution

a. General Provisions

Art. 98 Validity of popular initiatives

(1) The Federal Assembly shall declare a popular initiativewholly or partly invalid if it holds that the requirements of Article 139 paragraph 3 of theFederal Constitution have not been fulfilled.

Art. 99 Prohibition of the amendment of popular initiatives

Popular initiatives, or allthe valid parts thereof, must be submitted to the voteof the people as they stand.