G/TBT/N/CHE/211  
 
5 April 2016  
(16-1890)  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 telephon e 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 Berne 
Fax +41 31 324 09 58 Mail: tbt@seco.admin.ch   
Website: http://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 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT) (13 pages, in French) 
 Radio Interface Regulation (RIR) 0203-11 (to be amended) (2 pages, in English) 
 Radio Interface Regulation (RIR) 0806-21 (new) (2 pages, in English) 
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 in the ordinance on 
telecommunications. It regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.  
Switzerland intends to revise the OOIT in order to align the Swiss legislation for 
telecommunications installations with the corresponding legislation of the European Union, 
the new Radio Equipment Directive (RED, 2014/53/EU).  
Further, the envisaged revision of the OOI T intends to introduce type approvals for 
specific products of public security (such as jammers or IMSI catchers) not covered by 
RED. 
In addition, the radio interface regulation (RIR0203-11) for cordless cameras 1980 – 3800 
MHz is to be extended to cover an additi onal frequency sub band of 2025 – 2110 MHz. 
Also a new interface regulation (RIR0806-21) for earth stations on mobile platforms which 
work with NGSO satellites is to be include in the frequency range of 27.5 – 30.0 GHz. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To follow the latest frequency management in Europe; national security  G/TBT/N/CHE/211 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Ordinance of 14 June 2002 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT; RS 784.101.21), available in 
https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classifi ed-compilation/20021021/index.html  (French) 
https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classifi ed-compilation/20021021/index.html  
(German) 
https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classifi ed-compilation/20021021/index.html  (Italian) 
 RIR 0203-11: http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=451  
 RIR 0806-21: http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=449   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 13 June 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 13 June 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 23 May 2016 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/CHE/16_1167_00_f.pdf   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/CHE/16_1167_01_e.pdf   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/CHE/16_1167_02_e.pdf