G/TBT/N/CHE/254  
18 January 2021  
(21-0546) 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  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft revision 
of the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on telecommunications 
installations (OOIT) (2 page(s), in German; 2 page(s), in French; 2 page(s), in Italian)  
6. Description of content:  The Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications 
on telecommunications installations (OOIT) specifies the basic technical requir ements 
with regard to telecommunications installations set out by the Swiss Federal Council. It 
regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.  
Two new RIR in the aeronautical domain are established in order to be in line with the 
current ICAO regula tions (RIR0101 -05: 2.85 - 23.35 MHz; RIR0102 -08: 
9300 – 9500 MHz; RIR0102 -09: 4200 - 4400 MHz).  
New RIR0604 -05 for maritime radars in the frequency range 2900 - 3100 MHz are 
introduced in order to be in line with article 5 of the ITU Radio Regulations 2016.  
New RIR1008 -44 in the domain of "Non Specific Short Range Devices" and in the 
frequency range of 963 – 865 MHz are introduced due to changes in ERC/REC 70 -03 
Annex 1.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wh ere 
applicable:  The OOIT has to be updated to follow the latest development in the field of 
frequency management in Europe.; Other  G/TBT/N/CHE/254  
 
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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 . 
• RIR0101 -05, RIR0102 -08, RIR0102 -09, RIR0604 -05, RIR1008 -44 
• Link to all DRAFT RIR: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/#/rirs/drafts  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 May 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  20 April 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:   
https://members.wto.org/cr nattachments/2021/TBT/CHE/21_0490_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/CHE/21_0490_00_x1.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/CHE/21_0490_00_x2.pdf