Below are some of the most important clarifications and opinions formulated by the National Centre in recent years. The publication of the actual content of such documents is subject to the prior agreement of the commissioning party.

2010

2009

• Legal advice on the adaptation of inter-cantonal agree­ments in the field of penal and civil procedures following the enforcement of federal dispositions (2008/2009)
• Federally and cantonally regulated professions (2008/2009)
• «Palliative Care» in cantonal legislation (April 2009)
• Remuneration of members of extra-parliamentary committees in the French-speaking cantons, the canton of Ticino and selected German-speaking cantons (BE, SO, BS, SG) (June 2009)
• Global Dialogue Roundtable Switzerland of 26.3.2009 in the Zentrum für Demokratie, Aarau (ZDA). Provision of expert advice on the issue of intergovernmental relations
• Incompatibility of public sector employment and membership of the cantonal government, canton of Graubünden (July 2009)
• Contribution of the cantonal parliaments to the conclusion of legislative agreements (July 2009)
• Appraisal of the agreement between Switzerland and Libya of 20 August 2009 from a federal and federalist perspective (September 2009)
• Supervisory duties and options for action available to the ETH Council in relation to foundations that are active in the ETH domain (October 2009)
• The exclusion of GMO-free regions in Switzerland de lege lata and de lege ferenda (jointly with the Institute of European Law, December 2009)
• Number of judges in the cantonal courts of second instance (Table; December 2009)
• Participation of a Swiss working group of the Forum of Federations on «Guidelines for good federal practices» (together with Prof. Arnold Koller, Prof. Daniel Thürer, Prof. Bernhard Ehrenzeller; Prof. Thomas Pfisterer, Prof. Bernard Dafflon, Dr. Malcolm MacLaren)

2008

• Drafting of a legal project with annotations concerning the external relations of the cantons
• Systematic census of regulated professions in Switzerland in the frame of the incorporation works of the European Guideline 205/36/EG (2008-2009 Mandate)
• Legal advice concerning the turning to account of benefits made as per art. 26 al. 2 of the law of the Fribourg cantonal road traffic and inland navigation
  Legal advice on the adaptation of inter-cantonal agreements in the field of penal and civil procedures following the enforcement of federal dispositions (Mandate 2008-2009)
• Brief legal advice regarding inter-cantonal instruments in Canton Jura
• Comparative study in the field of infectious diseases
• Comparative study concerning the planning of bar exams
• Comparative study on the monitoring of communes
• Comparative study concerning the training of prosecutors