G/TBT/N/CHE/238  
 
6 June 2019  
(19-3915) Page: 1/2 
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 [  ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Telecommunication equipment, radio equipment and telecommunication terminal 
equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document:   
• Draft revision of the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT), 2 pages in French, German and Italian 
(to be amended)  
• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR): RIR0203 -14, RIR0203 -15, RIR0 203-16, 
RIR0203 -17, RIR0203 -18, RIR0203 -20, RIR0302 -12, RIR0302 -17, RIR0302 -24, 
RIR0302 -31, RIR0302 -32, RIR0302 -46, RIR0302 -48, RIR0806 -15, RIR0806 -20, 
RIR0808 -13, RIR1003 -11, RIR1003 -12, RIR1004 -01, RIR1010 -05 (to be 
amended)  
• No Radio Interface Regulation  (RIR) is completely new or abrogated  
6. Description of content:  The Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications 
on telecommunications installations (OOIT) specifies the basic technical requirements 
with regard to telecommunications installati ons set out by the Swiss Federal Council. It 
regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.  
For the RIR0203 -14, RIR0203 -15 and RIR0203 -20 the "application description " will be 
modified to "Video PMSE " instead of "SAP/SAB and ENG/OB ". 
For the RIR0203 -16, RIR0203 -17, RIR0203 -18 the channelling requirement (7 MHz) and 
the maximum occupied bandwidth requirement (20 MHz) will be removed.  
In the RIR0302 -12 an error will be corrected, due to the fact, that during transition from 
the R&TTE -Directive t o the RE -Directive the number of the harmonized standard has 
changed (old: EN 302 217 -4-2 new: EN 302 217 -4) G/TBT/N/CHE/238  
 
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  For the RIR0302 -17, RIR0302 -24, RIR0302 -31, RIR0302 -32, RIR0302 -46, RIR0302 -48 
additional channellings (55 MHz, 112 MHz, 56 MHz, 56 MHz, 1000 MHz, 112 MHz) will be 
added.  
For the RIR0806 -15 a reduction of the receiving frequency range from 3.40 - 4.20 GHz 
down to 3.60 - 4.20 GHz will be introduced.  
For the RIR0806 -20 adaptions will be done due to amendment of the ECC/DEC/(13)01.  
For the RIR0808 -13 the reference ERC/DEC/(99)05 will be removed because this decision 
has been withdrawn.  
For the RIR1003 -11, RIR1003 -12 the requirement of a minimum occupied bandwidth of 
600 kHz will be introduced.  
For the RIR1004 -01 the reference ERC/DEC(01)08 will be replac ed by ECC/DEC/(18)03.  
For the RIR1010 -05, an additional limit (25mW) is defined, which applies to equipment 
to be used inside vehicles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The OOIT has to  be updated to follow the latest frequency management in 
Europe.; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ordinance of 26 May 2016 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT; RS 784.101.21), available in French , 
German  and Italian . 
• RIR0203 -14, RIR0203 -15, RIR0203 -16, RIR0203 -17, RIR0203 -18, RIR0203 -20, 
RIR0302 -12, RIR0302 -17, RIR0302 -24, RIR0302 -31, RIR0302 -32, RIR0302 -46, 
RIR0302 -48, RIR0806 -15, RIR0806 -20, RIR0808 -13, RIR1003 -11, RIR1003 -12, 
RIR1004 -01, RIR1010 -05. 
• Link to all DRAFT RIR: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/#/rirs/drafts  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 September 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 September 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  20 August 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_3289_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wt o.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_3289_00_x1.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_3289_00_x2.pdf