Telecommunications Act
(TCA)

¹ In or­der to check com­pli­ance with the reg­u­la­tions on the im­port, of­fer­ing, mak­ing avail­able on the mar­ket, put­ting in­to ser­vice, in­stall­a­tion and op­er­a­tion of tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tions, OF­COM shall have ac­cess dur­ing nor­mal work­ing hours to the premises where such in­stall­a­tions are loc­ated.¹¹³

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the right of ac­cess to tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tions that are sub­ject to mil­it­ary secrecy reg­u­la­tions.

³ If a tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tion fails to com­ply with the reg­u­la­tions, OF­COM shall take the ne­ces­sary meas­ures. It may, in par­tic­u­lar, re­strict or pro­hib­it the in­stall­a­tion, op­er­a­tion, im­port, of­fer­ing and mak­ing avail­able on the mar­ket of such an in­stall­a­tion, or­der it to be re­stored to a state that com­plies with the reg­u­la­tions or re­turned, or con­fis­cate it without com­pens­a­tion.¹¹⁴

⁴ OF­COM may pub­lish the in­form­a­tion on meas­ures un­der para­graph 3 and make it ac­cess­ible on­line if there is a pub­lic in­terest in do­ing so.¹¹⁵

⁵ It may provide, pub­lish or make ac­cess­ible on­line in­form­a­tion on on­go­ing ad­min­is­trat­ive or crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings only if there is an over­rid­ing pub­lic or private in­terest in do­ing so.¹¹⁶

⁶ It may par­ti­cip­ate in in­ter­na­tion­al data­bases for the ex­change of in­form­a­tion between mar­ket sur­veil­lance au­thor­it­ies. It may only re­cord data in such data­bases if their trans­mis­sion to for­eign au­thor­it­ies would be per­mit­ted un­der Art­icle 13b.¹¹⁷