Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ Broad­casters of ra­dio and tele­vi­sion pro­gramme ser­vices which at the time of the com­mence­ment of this Act re­ceive a pro­por­tion of ra­dio and tele­vi­sion fees in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 17 para­graph 2 RTVA 1991¹²⁴ may con­tin­ue to claim a share of the fees un­til the ex­piry of their li­cence in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 107. The en­ti­tle­ment to a pro­por­tion of the fees and the cal­cu­la­tion of the pro­por­tion are based on Art­icle 17 para­graph 2 of the RTVA 1991 and on Art­icle 10 of the Or­din­ance of 6 Oc­to­ber 1997¹²⁵ on Ra­dio and Tele­vi­sion.

² With­in the frame­work of the con­di­tions in para­graph 1, OF­COM may ar­range a share of fees for broad­casters which have a li­cence in ac­cord­ance with RTVA 1991 and which have com­menced trans­mis­sion op­er­a­tions after the com­mence­ment of this Act.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil takes the fin­an­cial re­quire­ment in­to ac­count when set­ting the ra­dio and tele­vi­sion fee (Art. 70).

⁴ The trans­ition­al ar­range­ments in para­graph 1 end at the time when the fee-shar­ing li­cences in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 38–42 are awar­ded, but at the latest five years after the com­mence­ment of this Act.