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 the Tasks and Competences of the Regulator in Electronic Communications (in German)

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

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

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

Ordinance of 4 December 2023 on the Liechtenstein Frequency Allocation Plan for 2024 (in German)

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

Environmental Protection Act of 29 May 2008 (in German)

Ordinance of 9 December 2008 on Protection against Non-Ionising Radiation (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 (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (not yet incorporated into the EEA Agreement)

Implementing acts incorporated into the EEA Agreement:

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/235 of 24 January 2019 on amending Commission Decision 2008/411/EC as regards an update of relevant technical conditions applicable to the 3400-3800 MHz frequency band (notified under document number C(2019) 262) (Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 5czd.03, n. publ.)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/784 of 14 May 2019 on harmonisation of the 24,25-27,5 GHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services in the Union (notified under document number C(2019) 3450) (Collection of EEA Legislation: Annex XI - 52019/784, n. publ.)

Other agreements:

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)

Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (in German; as applicable in Liechtenstein)

Operational Convention on the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization INTELSAT (in German; as applicable in Liechtenstein)

Convention Establishing the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization EUTELSAT (in German; as applicable in Liechtenstein)