Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ Any per­son may sub­mit a re­port to the com­pet­ent om­buds­man ser­vice:

a.

about ed­it­or­i­al pub­lic­a­tions al­leging an in­fringe­ment of Art­icles 4, 5 and 5a of this Act;

b.

al­leging re­fus­al of ac­cess (Art. 91 para. 3 let. b).

² Re­ports must be sub­mit­ted with­in 20 days of the ap­pear­ance of the pub­lic­a­tion or re­fus­al of a re­quest for ac­cess in terms of Art­icle 91 para­graph 3 let­ter b.

³ If the re­port relates to more than one pro­gramme or con­tri­bu­tion, the peri­od be­gins with the broad­cast­ing or ap­pear­ance of the last pub­lic­a­tion that is the sub­ject of the re­port. However, the first of the pub­lic­a­tions re­por­ted must not be more than three months be­fore the last.

⁴ A re­port may only con­cern two or more con­tri­bu­tions pro­duced by the ed­it­or­i­al staff as part of the oth­er journ­al­ist­ic ser­vices from SRG SSR if these con­tri­bu­tions are pub­lished in the same elec­tion or vote dossier.

⁵ The re­port must be sub­mit­ted in writ­ing and, if it relates to oth­er journ­al­ist­ic ser­vices from SRG SSR, be ac­com­pan­ied by sup­port­ing doc­u­ments. A brief state­ment of grounds must be provided, ex­plain­ing in what way the ed­it­or­i­al pub­lic­a­tion is de­fi­cient in terms of con­tent or the re­fus­al to grant ac­cess to the pro­gramme ser­vice or to the part of the oth­er journ­al­ist­ic ser­vices from SRG SSR pro­duced by the ed­it­or­i­al staff is un­law­ful.