Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ The SRG SSR and the un­der­tak­ings con­trolled by it shall con­duct their fin­an­cial ac­count­ing in ac­cord­ance with the re­cog­nised prin­ciples of best prac­tice. They shall con­duct them­selves cost-ef­fect­ively, use their re­sources in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions and en­sure the long-term main­ten­ance of their as­sets with re­gard to the ful­fil­ment of their man­date.

² The SRG SSR shall use the share of fees³⁹ al­loc­ated to it solely to cov­er the costs res­ult­ing from the broad­cast­ing of ra­dio and tele­vi­sion pro­gramme ser­vices and the costs of the oth­er journ­al­ist­ic ser­vices (Art. 25 para. 3 let. b).

³ If it ceases to carry out an activ­ity that was a ma­jor ele­ment when the fees were set, DE­TEC may re­quire SRG SSR to build up re­serves in the amount of the cor­res­pond­ing sum, which will be taken in­to ac­count dur­ing the sub­sequent fee ad­just­ment.⁴⁰

⁴ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall en­sure that the pro­vi­sions of Art­icle 6a para­graphs 1–5 of the Fed­er­al Per­son­nel Act of 24 March 2000⁴¹ are ap­plied ac­cord­ingly in the SRG SSR and in the un­der­tak­ings con­trolled by it for the mem­bers of the man­aging bod­ies, mem­bers of man­age­ment staff and oth­er per­son­nel who are re­mu­ner­ated in a sim­il­ar way.