AI translation of the German original. Legal references and sources remain those of the original document. German version.

¶ Federal Council Message and Parliamentary Decision – Which Version Applies to What?

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¶ The Three Key Original Documents

None of these documents is already the enacted successor legislation.

¶ What the National Council Has Added or Changed

• A single community: The cantons are to jointly designate and finance a national community; free choice between communities is eliminated in this model.
• Data protection: Processing by the federal government limited to what is necessary for technical operation. New Art. 5a specifies encryption, privacy by design, monitoring and security audits.
• Source code: Art. 5 para. 8 makes explicit reference to Art. 9 EMBAG.
• Permissions: Standardised, comprehensible profiles and the ability to adjust or revoke them at any time are added.
• Integration: Direct connection of primary systems via interfaces, with possible exceptions by the Federal Council.

Decision document, Art. 5, 5a, 7, 11 and 30; pp. 5–6, 10 and 22

¶ What the Amendments Do Not Settle

A reference to encryption does not yet establish an exclusively patient-controlled key architecture. Equally, the reference to EMBAG does not already reveal the specific publication practice. For that, technical specifications, procurement and implementation must be examined. Security and Source Code

¶ How We Read Older Sources

Fact sheets from July 2026 explain the Federal Council draft. Committee motions are not automatically parliamentary decisions. Positions from spring 2026 are placed in their temporal context, particularly where they criticise the absence of statutory security requirements. This care prevents subsequent improvements from being overlooked.

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