Commentaries: Art. 36

OFCOM shall check whether telecommunications installations that are made available on the market, put into service, installed or operated comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and with its own regulations (Art. 33 para. 1 TCA). The executive authority in terms of the LVEO¹is responsible for the inspection of health and safety aspects (Art. 7 para. 1 let. a).
For this purpose, it shall carry out sample tests. It shall carry out an inspection if it has reason to believe that a telecommunications installation is not in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance and the OFCOM regulations. It is also authorised to inspect telecommunications installations after a licence application has been filed
It may ask the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS)²to provide information on imports of telecommunications installations over a specific period.
If the FOCBS encounters telecommunications installations in the course of its normal activities that it suspects, on the basis of a checklist from OFCOM, do not comply with this Ordinance, it shall obtain a sample and send it immediately to OFCOM.
The Ordinance of 2 May 1990³on the Protection of Military Installations remains reserved as regards military telecommunications installations.

SR 734.26 ↩
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. ↩
SR 510.518.1 ↩

Art. 36