Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ Mem­bers of a private house­hold in which no device suit­able for re­ceiv­ing ra­dio or tele­vi­sion pro­gramme ser­vices is avail­able or in op­er­a­tion shall be ex­emp­ted from the pay­ing the free for one fee peri­od.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late which cat­egor­ies of device are deemed suit­able for re­ceiv­ing pro­gramme ser­vices.

³ OF­COM may enter the rooms or premises of a house­hold ex­emp­ted un­der para­graph 1 in or­der to veri­fy wheth­er the re­quire­ments for the ex­emp­tion are be­ing met.

⁴ Any per­son ex­emp­ted from the fee in terms of para­graph 1 who ob­tains or be­gins to op­er­ate a device suit­able for re­ceiv­ing pro­gramme ser­vices in the house­hold be­fore ex­piry of the fee peri­od must no­ti­fy the col­lec­tion agency of this in ad­vance.

⁵ Any per­son who be­longs to a house­hold ex­emp­ted from the fee in terms of para­graph 1 in which a device suit­able for re­ceiv­ing pro­gramme ser­vices in the house­hold is avail­able or in op­er­a­tion without no­tice there­of be­ing giv­en to the col­lec­tion agency in ad­vance in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 4 shall be li­able to a fine not ex­ceed­ing 5000 francs.

⁶ The col­lec­tion agency shall provide OF­COM with on­line ac­cess to the per­son­al data re­quired for pro­sec­ut­ing per­sons in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 5. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may is­sue pro­vi­sions on the ex­tent of this data, ac­cess to the data, au­thor­isa­tion for pro­cessing, re­ten­tion and data se­cur­ity.

⁷ Ex­emp­tions from the fee ex­pire five years from the date from which the fee is charged in ac­cord­ance Art­icle 109bpara­graph 1.