Telecommunications Systems Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Telecommunications Equipment Act |
| Short title: | Telecommunications Systems Act (not official) |
| Previous title: | Law on the Telegraph System of the German Reich |
| Abbreviation: | FAG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Commercial administrative law , telecommunications law |
| References : | 9020-1 a. F. |
| Original version from: | April 6, 1892 ( RGBl. P. 467) |
| Entry into force on: | April 26, 1892 |
| New announcement from: | July 3, 1989 ( BGBl. I p. 1455 ) |
| Last change by: |
Art. 4 G of December 20, 1999 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2491, 2492 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
December 28, 1999 (Art. 5 G of December 20, 1999) |
| Expiry: | December 31, 2001 (Art. 4 No. 2 G of December 20, 1999, Federal Law Gazette I p. 2491, 2492 ) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The law on telecommunications systems (FAG) in Germany until 1997 regulated the right to operate telecommunications systems .
It was first published under the title “Law on Telecommunications Systems” as a new publication of the “Law on the Telegraph System of the German Reich”, which came into force on January 1, 1928 ( RGBl. I p. 8). Another new announcement dates to March 17, 1977 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 459 , ber. 573 ). The FAG was supplemented, among other things, by the law to prevent the misuse of transmitter systems of June 27, 1986 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 948 ).
The right to operate telecommunications systems belonged exclusively to the Reich or later to the federal government . The FAG contained extensive provisions on data protection . Basically it said: Anyone who receives messages that are not intended for him and communicates the content of the message or the fact of the receipt to a third party is liable to prosecution. After that, wiretapping systems such as those operated by the Western powers during the Cold War were punishable.
On January 1, 1998, the FAG ceased to be in force for the most part (pursuant to Art. 2 Paragraph 35 G of December 17, 1997, Federal Law Gazette I, p. 3108, 3118 ) and on January 1, 2002 completely. Successor regulations are mainly contained in the Telecommunications Act and in the Act accompanying the Telecommunications Act of December 17, 1997 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 3108 ).
literature
- Martin Geppert, Hermann-Josef Piepenbrock, Raimund Schütz, Fabian Schuster (eds.): Beck'scher TKG comment . 3. Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-52782-5 , pp. 79-85.
