The collection agency shall obtain the data on households and their members required for collecting the fee from the following registers:
the register of residents (Art. 2 para. 2 let. a RHA69);
the Ordipro information system of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Art. 2 para. 1 let. c RHA).
It shall obtain the data via the Federal Information and Communication Platform in accordance with Article 10 paragraph 3 RHA.
Cantons and communes shall provide the collection agency with the data from their registers of residents in the required format and with the required regularity for delivery via the Federal Information and Communication Platform in encrypted form.
The collection agency shall pay contributions from the fee revenue to communes and cantons towards the investments specifically required in order to transmit data to the collection agency.
The collection agency may systematically use the OASI number70 in terms of Article 50c of the Federal Act of 20 December 194671 on Old-Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASIA):
to fulfil its tasks in connection with collecting the fee;
in the case of queries to communes and cantons related to transmitted data.
The Federal Council shall determine the data that the collection agency may obtain in accordance with paragraph 1. It shall regulate the details with regard to volume and format of the data, the regularity of data deliveries and the contributions to cantons and communes in accordance with paragraph 4.