Undertakings that are required to prepare consolidated financial statements must prepare a consolidated report. Undertakings covered by the consolidated report are exempt from the separate reporting obligation pursuant to Article 964l CO.
An undertaking registered in Switzerland does is not required to prepare a separate report if:
it is controlled by a legal entity registered abroad; and
that legal entity prepares an equivalent report.
Undertakings that are not required to prepare a separate report must indicate in the notes to the financial statements the other legal entity in whose report they are included. They must publish this report.