G/TBT/N/CHE/242  
15 January 2020  
(20-0453) 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 Secretariat 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 requirements 
with regard to telecommunications installations set out by the Swiss Federal Council. It 
regulates the use of  radio spectrum in Switzerland.  
A RIR for GBAS (Ground Based Augmentation System) will be introduced (RIR0102 -07). 
Another RIR for ASDE (Airport Surface Detection Equipment) in the Frequency Range 
9000 – 9500 MHz will be introduced (RIR0103 -07). For the al ready existing RIR (RIR1003 -
07, RIR1003 -08) the possibility of alternative mitigation techniques with equivalent effect 
will be mentioned due to changes in the ERC/REC 70 -03. For data networks two RIR will 
be introduced in the frequency range 917.3 – 917.7  MHz according the ERC/REC 70 -03 
(RIR1003 -13, RIR1003 -14). In order to protect E -GSM-R the frequency Range 918.5 – 
918.9 MHz, which is also foreseen by the ERC/REC 70 -03, will not be usable. For person 
detection and collision avoidance one RIR in the frequ ency range 442.2 – 450 kHz will be 
introduced according to the ERC/REC 70 -03 (RIR1003 -15). For ULP -WMCE (Ultra Low 
Power Wireless Medical Capsule Endoscopy) one RIR in the frequency range 430 – 440 
MHz will be introduced according to the ERC/REC 70 -03 (RIR 1006-12). For Non -specific 
SRDs one RIR in the frequency range 862 – 863 MHz will be introduced according to the 
ERC/REC 70 -03 (RIR1008 -43). The frequency range of the already existing RIR1010 -07 
will be extended from 57 - 66 GHz to 57 – 71 GHz according t he ERC/REC 70 -03. Another 
two RIR for wideband data transmission systems in the same frequency band will be 
introduced; one for fixed outdoor installations only and one for in - and outdoor 
applications according the ERC/REC 70 -03 (RIR1010 -09, RIR1010 -10). G/TBT/N/CHE/242  
 
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  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:   
Link to all draft  Radio Interface Regulations (RIR): https://www.ofcomnet.ch/#/rir/drafts  
Ordinance of 26th May 2016 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations  (OOIT; RS 784.101.21)  
• French: https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified -
compilation/20160601/index.html  
• German: https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified -
compilation/20160601/index.html  
• Italian: https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classified -
compilation/20160601/index.html  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 May 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  20 April 2020  
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/2020/TBT/CHE/20_0483_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHE/20_0483_00_x1.pdf  
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/CHE/20_0483_00_x2.pdf