Basing themselves on this Act and on the Intercantonal Agreement on Cooperation in Higher Education, the Confederation and the Cantons shall enter into a Cooperation Agreement on fulfilment of their respective tasks.
This Cooperation Agreement shall create the joint bodies required under this Act.
It may transfer the powers established in this Act to the joint bodies.
Unless already established in corresponding provisions in this Act, the Cooperation Agreement shall regulate the following:
clarification and implementation of shared objectives;
responsibilities, structure and procedures of joint bodies.
If the Cooperation Agreement contradicts a provision contained in this Act, the Act shall take precedence.
This Cooperation Agreement shall be signed by the Federal Council on behalf of the Confederation.