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:

Law of 17 March 2006 on Electronic Communications (Communications Act; in German)

Ordinance of 3 April 2007 on Electronic Communication Networks and Services (in German)

Ordinance of 3 April 2007 on the Tasks and Competences of the Regulator in Electronic Communication (in German)

Ordinance of 8 May 2007 on Means of Identification and Frequencies in Electronic Communications (in German)

Ordinance of 22 November 2022 on the Liechtenstein Frequency Allocation Plan for the Year 2023 (in German)

Ordinance of 13 April 2004 on Levying Administrative and Usage Fees pursuant to the Communications Act (in German)

Announcement of 3 April 3 2007 of the Liechtenstein Numbering Plan according to ITU-T E.164

Act of 22 March 1995 on the Marketability of Goods (in German)

Ordinance of 19 September 2017 on the Movement of Radio Equipment in the European Economic Area (in German)

EEA legislation:

Commission Directive 2002/77/EC of 16 September 2002 on competition in the markets for electronic communications networks and services ("Competition Directive"; Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5cg.01)

Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services ("Framework Directive"; Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5cl.01)

Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services ("Authorisation Directive"; Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5ck.01)

Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services ("Universal Service Directive"; Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5cm.01)

Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities ("Access Directive"; Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5cj.01)

Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector ("Directive on privacy and electronic communication"; Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5cj.01)

Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access (Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5j.01)

Commission Directive 2008/63/EC of 20 June 2008 on competition in the markets in telecommunications terminal equipment (OJ L 162, 21 June 2008, p. 20)

Regulation (EU) No. 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Union ("Roaming Regulation"; Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5cu.01)

Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on measures regarding access to the open internet and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services, and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile networks within the Union (Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5cu.02)

Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code ("Code", "EECC"; as not yet incorporated into the EEA Agreement)

Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the implementation and functioning of the .eu top level domain, amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 (Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5o.01n. publ.)

Implementing acts incorporated into the EEA Agreement:

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857 of 17 June 2020 laying down the principles to be included in the contract between the European Commission and the .eu top-level domain Registry in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5oac.01. n. publ.)

Other agreements:

Agreement of 4 March 4 1999 between the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Swiss Federal Council on cooperation in regulatory matters in the telecommunications sector (in German)

Agreement of 18 October 2003 between the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Swiss Federal Council on the participation of the Principality of Liechtenstein in the radio security network POLYCOM (in German)

Convention of 23 June 1993 for the Establishment of the European Communications Office (ECO; in German; as applicable in Liechtenstein)

International Telecommunication Convention (in German; as applicable in Liechtenstein)