Art. 44 Ordinance of 7 November 2007 on Financial Equalization and the Compensation of Charges (FEOCC) - Technical Group for Quality Assurance

The Federal Department of Finance (FDF) establishes a technical support group, composed of an equal number of representatives from the Confederation and the cantons, responsible for ensuring the quality of the calculation bases for resource potential and burden indices.

The technical group is composed of: a. two representatives from the Federal Finance Administration (FFA); b. one representative from the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) and the Federal Statistical Office (FSO); c. two representatives from high resource potential cantons and low resource potential cantons;

At least one of the canton representatives under para. 2, let. c, must come from a canton experiencing excessive burdens due to geo-topographic factors and one from a canton experiencing excessive burdens due to socio-demographic factors.

The Federal Audit Office is represented in the technical group by an observer.

The secretary of the Conference of Cantonal Finance Directors sits in the technical group as an observer.

The technical group is led by a representative from the cantons under para. 2, let. c.

The FFA ensures the secretariat.

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