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Hungary Communication Authority (HIF)
www.hif.hu
Iceland Post and Telecom Administration (PTA)
www.pta.is
Ireland Commission for Communications Regulation
(ComReg)
www.comreg.ie
Italy Italian Communications Authority (AGC)
www.agcom.it
Latvia Telecommunication State Inspection
www.vei.lv
Liechtenstein Office for Communications (AK)
www.ak.li
Lithuania Radio Administration
www.rrt.lt
Luxembourg Institut Luxembourgeois des
Télécommunications (ILT)
www.etat.lu/ILT
Netherlands Onafhankelijke Post en
Telecommunicatie Autoriteit (OPTA)
www.opta.nl
Agentschap Telecom
www.agentschap-telecom.nl
Ministry of Economic Affairs
www.ez.nl
Norway Norwegian Post and Telecommunications
Authority (NPT)
www.npt.no
Poland Urzad Regulacji Telekomunikacji (URT)
www.urt.gov.pl
Portugal Autoridad Nacional De Comunicaçòes
(ICP-Anacom)
www.anacom.pt
Slovenia Agencija za telekomunikacije, radiodifuzijo
in pošto
www.atrp.si
Spain Comisión del Mercado de las
Telecomunicaçiones (CMT)
www.cmt.es
Sweden National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS)
www.pts.se
Switzerland Federal Office for Communications
www.bakom.ch
UK Office of Telecommunications (Oftel)
www.oftel.gov.uk
Postal Services Commission (Postcomm)
www.postcomm.gov.uk/
Radiocommunications Agency
www.open.gov.uk/radiocom
Telecoms & Postal Regulatory Authorities in the Rest of the World
Argentina Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones
(CNC)
www.cnc.gov.ar
Australia Department of Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts
www.dca.gov.au
Brazil Anatel
www.anatel.gov.br
Canada Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
www.crtc.gc.ca
Colombia Ministerio de Comunicaciones
www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co
Hong Kong Office of the Telecommunications
Authority (OFTA)
www.ofta.gov.hk
Japan Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,
Posts and Telecommunications
www.soumu.go.jp
Korea Ministry of Information and Communication
(MIC)
www.mic.go.kr
Mexico Secretaría de Comunicaçiones y
Transportes (SCT)
www.sct.gob.mx
Taiwan Ministry of Transportation and
Communications (MOTC)
www.motc.gov.tw/welcome.htm
Thailand Post and Telegraph Department (PTD)
www.ptd.go.th
USA Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
www.fcc.gov
Postal Rate Commission (PRC)
www.prc.gov
3.2 Legal instructions
Operating an amplification system can produce extremely high noise levels that may cause a permanent
hearing loss. The legal instructions for using an amplification system vary from country to country. The user
must always inform himself on the legal instructions valid in his country and apply them to his situation.
Always monitor the sound pressure level when operating an amplification system in discotheques, concerts
etc. Never exceed the permissible noise level exposures as specified by your authorities. The monitoring of
the noise levels must be documented in an appropriate way.
In Germany, the follwing instructions are binding:
Strafgesetzbuch § 223 ff:
http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht/stgb
TA Lärm:
http://www.umweltdaten.de/laermprobleme/talaerm.pdf
DIN 15905-5:
www.din.de
