In agreement with the chair of the Arbitration Commission, the Department shall appoint the secretariat of the Arbitration Commission, which shall be headed by a legal secretary. The Department shall provide the necessary infrastructure.7
The employment relationship of the secretariat personnel is governed by federal legislation on the personnel of the Confederation.8
The secretariat is independent from the administrative authorities in carrying out its functions and is only bound to the instructions of the chair.
The legal secretary shall carry out the following tasks, in particular:
drafting decisions, consultations and communications addressed to parties and authorities;
taking minutes;
maintaining documentation, providing the public with information about the Arbitration Commission and editing decisions intended for publication.
The legal secretary acts in an advisory capacity in procedures in which he or she is taking minutes.