Legal basis

The following legal acts govern electronic communication/radio frequencies/electronic signature and trust services/media/postal services in the Principality of Liechtenstein. The list is not exhaustive.

Liechtenstein legislation:

Media Act (in German) of 19 October 2005

Media Ordinance (in German) of 13 December 2016

Media Promotion Act (in German) of 21 September 2006

Media Promotion Ordinance (in German) of 22 March 2016

Act on Liechtenstein Broadcasting (in German) of 23 October 2003

EEA legislation:

Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services ("Audiovisual Media Services Directive"; Collection of EEA Legislation Annex XI - 5p.01)

Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services in view of changing market conditions ("Audiovisual Media Services Directive II"; not yet incorporated into the EEA Agreement)

Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex. XI - 5h.01)

Other agreements:

European Convention on Transfrontier Television Convention on Transfrontier Television

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