Facts
The property built with a commercial building in Oberrieden is located in the commercial zone. The Building Commission of Oberrieden granted Swisscom the building permit to erect a mobile phone facility with six antenna modules on the property. Two of the antennas are adaptive antennas. [A.] and [B.] filed an appeal against the authorisation decision, which the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court confirms the decision of the lower instance. It states that the immission and installation limit values provided for in the Ordinance on Protection against Non-Ionising Radiation (NISV) are in compliance with the law. The appellants were unable to demonstrate that these limit values should be tightened based on current scientific knowledge.
Furthermore, the Federal Supreme Court considers the measurement methods recommended by the Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS) for the control of radiation from adaptive antennas to be suitable. The quality assurance systems (QA systems) of the mobile network operators can also…