Federal Act
on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications
(SPTA)

This Act es­tab­lishes du­ties to co­oper­ate for the fol­low­ing per­sons and en­tit­ies (en­tit­ies ob­liged to co­oper­ate):

a.

pro­viders of postal ser­vices un­der the PostA⁸;

b.

pro­viders of tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vices un­der Art­icle 3 let­ter b of the Tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions Act of 30 April 1997⁹ (TCA);

c.

pro­viders of ser­vices which are based on tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vices and en­able one-way or mul­tipath com­mu­nic­a­tion (pro­viders of de­rived com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vices);

d.

op­er­at­ors of in­tern­al tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions net­works;

e.

per­sons who grant third parties ac­cess to a pub­lic tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions;

f.

pro­fes­sion­al re­tail­ers of cards and sim­il­ar means which per­mit ac­cess to a pub­lic tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions net­work.