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Art. 15 Information on telecommunications services
1 The Service shall provide only the following authorities with information on the data referred to in Articles 21 and 22, on request and only for the following purposes: a. the federal and cantonal authorities that have the right to order or approve telecommunications surveillance, or the authorities designated by them: for the purpose of determining the services and persons to be placed under surveillance and the persons communicating with them; b. the Federal Office of Police and the cantonal and communal police authorities: for the purpose of carrying out police duties; c. the competent federal and cantonal authorities: for the purpose of processing cases under administrative criminal law; d. the FIS: for the purpose of fulfilling tasks under the IntelSA. 2 Furthermore, pursuant to Articles 10 paragraph 3 and 23 of the Federal Act of 19 December 1986 on Unfair Competition (UCA), the Service shall also provide the competent federal authority on request with information on the data r
Para. 1 let. d — See Art. 46 No 1. Para. 1 let. d — SR 121 Para. 2 — SR 241 Para. 2 — See Art. 46 No 1.
Art. 16 General tasks related to surveillance
In relation to post and telecommunications surveillance, the Service has the following general tasks: a. It shall contact the ordering authority and the approving authority immediately before post or information is passed on to the ordering authority if, in its opinion, the surveillance order: 1. in the case of surveillance in the course of criminal proceedings, does not concern a criminal offence for which surveillance is permitted under the applicable law; 2. has not been issued by the competent authority or, pursuant to Articles 29–31 IntelSA, has not been approved and granted permission to proceed; or 3. is incomplete or unclear. b. It shall contact the ordering authority and the approving authority immediately if, in its opinion, the surveillance is technically inappropriate, does not correspond to the surveillance types provided for by law or in the implementing provisions or is not technically feasible. c. It shall provide the competent authority with the information required to
let. a let. 2 — See Art. 46 No 1. let. a let. 2 — SR 121
Art. 17 Tasks related to telecommunications surveillance
In relation to telecommunications surveillance, the Service has the following additional tasks: If several providers of telecommunications services are involved in providing the telecommunications service to be placed under surveillance, the Service shall instruct the provider responsible for the administration of the telecommunications service or the provider that can conduct the surveillance with the least technical effort to carry out the surveillance. The Service shall base its instructions on the information provided by the authority that ordered the surveillance. It shall receive the transmitted telecommunications of the person under surveillance from the providers of telecommunications services, store them and allow the ordering authority or the authority designated by the ordering authority to have access thereto. It shall instruct the providers of telecommunications services to transmit data collected in the course of surveillance directly to the ordering authority (direct tra
Art. 18 Quality control
1 The Service shall take preventive and retrospective measures for quality control of the data delivered by the providers of telecommunications services. 2 It may only view the content of the data with the prior consent of the authority responsible for the proceedings.