Federal Act
on Film Production and Film Culture
(Film Act, FiA)

¹ Com­pan­ies that of­fer films in Switzer­land via elec­tron­ic on-de­mand or sub­scrip­tion ser­vices must en­sure that at least 30 per cent of the films are European films and that these films are spe­cific­ally la­belled and easy to find in or­der to pro­mote di­versity.

² The ob­lig­a­tion un­der para­graph 1 also ap­plies to com­pan­ies that are dom­i­ciled abroad and tar­get the Swiss pub­lic.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall ex­empt com­pan­ies from the ob­lig­a­tion un­der para­graph 1 if:

a.

they do not achieve a cer­tain min­im­um turnover;

b.

they only of­fer films oc­ca­sion­ally; or

c.

the ob­lig­a­tion ap­pears dis­pro­por­tion­ate or im­possible to com­ply with, in par­tic­u­lar be­cause of the type of films offered, the them­at­ic fo­cus of the of­fer or be­cause third-party of­fers are fea­tured un­changed.