Telecommunications Act
(TCA)

¹ If a tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tion causes in­ter­fer­ence to tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions or broad­cast­ing, OF­COM may re­quire the op­er­at­or to modi­fy it at his own ex­pense or to sus­pend op­er­a­tion of the in­stall­a­tion, even if it com­plies with the reg­u­la­tions on the im­port, of­fer­ing, mak­ing avail­able on the mar­ket, put­ting in­to ser­vice, in­stall­a­tion and op­er­a­tion ap­plic­able to it.¹¹⁸

^1bis If tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tions dis­rupt or may dis­rupt the use of fre­quency spec­trums that re­quire in­creased pro­tec­tion, the Of­fice may re­strict or for­bid the of­fer­ing and mak­ing avail­able on the mar­ket of such in­stall­a­tions, even if they com­ply with the reg­u­la­tions con­cern­ing their of­fer­ing and mak­ing avail­able on the mar­ket.¹¹⁹

^1ter The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the con­di­tions un­der which the fol­low­ing au­thor­it­ies may for the fol­low­ing pur­poses in­stall, put in­to ser­vice or op­er­ate a tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tion which causes in­ter­fer­ence:

a.

the po­lice and the law en­force­ment au­thor­it­ies, in or­der to guar­an­tee pub­lic safety and se­cur­ity;

b.

the Fed­er­al In­tel­li­gence Ser­vice, in or­der to guar­an­tee the pro­tec­tion and se­cur­ity of its em­ploy­ees, in­form­a­tion and in­stall­a­tions.¹²⁰

^1quater If law­ful in­ter­fer­ence dis­pro­por­tion­ately dis­rupts oth­er pub­lic or third-party in­terests, para­graph 1 ap­plies.¹²¹

² In or­der to de­term­ine the source of the in­ter­fer­ence to tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions or broad­cast­ing, OF­COM shall grant ac­cess to all tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tions.¹²²