G/TBT/N/CHE/280  
21 August 2023  
(23-5623) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Federal Office of Communications  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
State Se cretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
tbt@seco.admin.ch , www.seco.admin.ch  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Radiocommunications in general (ICS code(s): 33.060.01); Receiving and transmitting 
equipm ent (ICS code(s): 33.060.20); Radio relay and fixed satellite communications 
systems (ICS code(s): 33.060.30); Other equipment for radiocommunications (ICS 
code(s): 33.060.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
• Revision o f the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT)  
• Draft RIR  
(20 page(s), in English), (2 page(s), in German), (2 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  The Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications 
on telecommunications installations (OOIT) specifies the ba sic technical requirements 
with regard to telecommunications installations.  
Radio interface regulations (RIR) define the requirements for the frequency use by 
radiocommunication equipment in the frequency range up to 3000 GHz. RIR include the 
technical par ameters, the frequency bands as well as the rules on the use of the radio 
frequency spectrum. The list of RIR and their version are in annex 1 of the Ordinance of 
the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on telecommunications installations (OOIT).  
Follow ing radio interface regulations have to be revised due to latest frequency 
management developments.  G/TBT/N/CHE/280  
 
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  · 784.101.21/RIR0201 -80 (MWS in the frequency range 40.5 -42.5 GHz): the RIR will be 
deleted on 1/1/2024 and will also no longer be referenced in the 2023 Na tional Frequency 
Allocation plan (NaFZ).  
· 784.101.21/RIR0203 -11 (Cordless cameras in the frequency range 1980 - 3500 MHz): 
the RIR will be amended by removing the frequency range 3410 - 3500 MHz.  
· 784.101.21/RIR0302 -11 (Point -to-Point communications in t he frequency range 10.150 
- 10.650 GHz): the RIR will be amended by the expansion of the occupied bandwidth with 
28 MHz.  
· 784.101.21/RIR0501 -33 (Private International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) 
networks in the frequency range 3400 - 3500 MHz): This i s a new RIR for private IMT 
networks in the 3400 - 3500 MHz band.  
· 784.101.21/RIR0603 -10 (Inland waterway communications in the frequency range 156 
- 174 MHz): the RIR will be amended by the adjustment of the transmit power according 
to user category.  
· 784.101.21/RIR1009 -01 (Radio microphones in the frequency range 31.4 - 39.6 MHz): 
the RIR will be amended in order to be in line with ERC/REC 70 -03, Annex 10.  
· 784.101.21/RIR1009 -09 (Radio microphones in the frequency range 1785 - 1804.8 
MHz): the RIR wil l be amended in order to be in line with ERC/REC 70 -03, Annex 10.  
· 784.101.21/RIR1009 -12 (Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) in the frequency range 
173.965 - 223 MHz): the RIR will be amended in order to be in line with ERC/REC 70 -03, 
Annex 10. No more res trictions on the occupied bandwidth.  
· 784.101.21/RIR1009 -14 (Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) in the frequency range 
169.4000 -169.4750 MHz): the RIR will be amended in order to be in line with ERC/REC 
70-03, Annex 10.  
· 784.101.21/RIR1009 -15 (Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) in the frequency range 
169.4875 -169.5875 MHz): the RIR will be amended in order to be in line with ERC/REC 
70-03, Annex 10.  
· 784.101.21/RIR1009 -18 (Radio microphones in the frequency range 823 - 826 MHz): 
the RIR will be amended by the adaptation of the frequency band in order to be in line 
with ERC/REC 70 -03, Annex 10.  
· 784.101.21/ RIR1013 -18 (Wireless audio/multimedia communications in the frequency 
range): the RIR will be deleted on 1/1/2024 and will also no longer be referenced in the 
2023 National Frequency Allocation plan (NaFZ).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
Ordinance of 26th May 2016 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT; RS 784.101.21), available in French , German  
and Italian . 
9. Proposed date o f adoption:  15 November 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/CHE/280  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Swiss Information Center for Technical Rules (switec), Sulzerallee 70 8404 Winterthur 
Tel: +(41) 52 224 54 55 Fax: +(41) 52 224 54 75 Email: switec@snv.ch  
https://www.ofcomnet.ch/#/rirs/drafts  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/CHE/23_11915_00_f.pdf