Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ The de­lib­er­a­tions of the Com­plaints Au­thor­ity are pub­lic un­less private in­terests worthy of pro­tec­tion de­mand oth­er­wise.

² The Com­plaints Au­thor­ity de­term­ines wheth­er:

a.

the con­tested ed­it­or­i­al pub­lic­a­tions have vi­ol­ated pro­vi­sions con­cern­ing con­tent laid down in Art­icles 4, 5 and 5a or rel­ev­ant in­ter­na­tion­al law; or

b.

an un­law­ful re­fus­al to grant ac­cess (Art. 91 para. 3 let. b) has oc­curred.¹⁰⁹

³ If it es­tab­lishes that a vi­ol­a­tion has oc­curred, it may take or ap­ply for the meas­ures provided for in Art­icle 89.

⁴ In the event of re­peated ser­i­ous vi­ol­a­tions of the ob­lig­a­tions in Art­icle 4 para­graphs 1 and 3 and Art­icle 5 in the pro­gramme ser­vice or of the ob­lig­a­tions in re­la­tion to oth­er journ­al­ist­ic ser­vices from SRG SSR (Art. 5a), the Com­plaints Au­thor­ity may ap­ply to DE­TEC for a pro­gramme ban (Art. 89 para. 2).¹¹⁰