Art. 24 Principles
1 OFCOM shall inspect whether equipment that is made available on the market, put into service, installed or used complies with this Ordinance. 2 For this purpose, it shall carry out sample tests. It shall also conduct an inspection if it has reason to believe that equipment does not comply with this Ordinance. 3 In order to confirm compliance with this Ordinance, OFCOM shall have access free of charge to the places where the equipment is located. It may require that apparatus be handed over free of charge. 4 It may request the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS)24 to provide information on imports of apparatus for a specific period. 5 If the FOCBS encounters apparatus in the course of its normal activities that it suspects, on the basis of a checklist from OFCOM, does not comply with this Ordinance, it shall obtain a sample and send it immediately to OFCOM. 24 The name of this administrative unit was changed on 1 Jan. 2022 pursuant to Art. 20 para. 2 of the Publications Ordinance of 7 Oct. 2015 (SR 170.512.1) (AS 2021 589). This change has been made throughout the text. |