G/TBT/N/CHE/267  
21 January 2022  
(22-0495) 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. The 
referred Radio Interfaces regulate the use of radio spectrum in Switzerland.  
RIR0302 -07 (Point -to-Point communications in the frequency range 6.425 – 7.125 
GHz):  the RIR will be amended with the aim to harmonize the frequency channelling / 
occupied bandwidth with neighbour countries.  
RIR0806 -19 (Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) in the frequency range 13.75 – 14.00 
GHz): the RIR will be amended as no more new assignments for VSAT in the frequency 
range 13.75 -14 GHz will be issued.  
RIR0808 -13 (Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) Earth Stations in the frequency range 148.00 
– 150.05 MHz, 399.90 – 400.05 MHz): the RIR will be amended in order to be in line with 
ERC/DEC/(99)06.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The OOIT has to be updated to follow the latest frequency management 
developments.  G/TBT/N/CHE/267  
 
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  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 . 
• DRAFT RIR: RIR0302 -07, RIR0806 -19, RIR0808 -13 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  21 March 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  28 February 2022  
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/2022/TBT/CHE/22_0641_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/CHE/22_0641_00_x1.pdf  
https://members .wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/CHE/22_0641_00_x2.pdf