G/TBT/N/CHE/256  
19 May 2021  
(21-4194) 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 Bern  
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; Telecommunication terminal equipment (ICS 33.050)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft revision 
of the Ordinance of the Swiss Fede ral Office of Communications on telecommunications 
installations (OOIT) (2 page(s), in German; 2 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  The OOIT has to be updated to follow the latest frequency 
management in Europe.  
Following RIR have been changed:  
• A new RIR (RIR1010 -11) for Wireless Access Systems (WAS) including Radio 
Local Area Networks (RLAN) in the frequency range (5945 - 6425 MHz) will be 
created in order to be in line with the ECC Decision (20)01.  
• A new RIR (RIR1012 -11) for automotive  radars in the frequency range (24.05 – 
24.25 GHz) will be created in order to be in line with the ERC/REC 70 -03 Annex  5. 
• A RIR (RIR0302 -45) will be amended due to changes in the EN 302 217 -2 
regarding the transmitter power spectral density.  
For legal and formal reasons, the version (number) of each RIR was increased by 1 
(without further changes in content).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The OOIT has to be updated to follow the latest frequency manag ement in 
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  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 . 
• RIR1010 -11 , RIR1012 -11 , RIR0302 -45 
• Link to all DRAFT RIR: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/#/rirs/drafts   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  09/08/2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  01/09/2021  
10. Final date for comments:  20 August 2021  
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  
8400 
+(41) 52 224 54 55  
+(41) 52 224 54 75 (Fax)  
switec@snv.ch  
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