G/TBT/N/CHE/251  
30 September 2020  
(20-6646) 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 on Telecommunications Installations (FAV) (6 page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  The Ordinance on Telecommunications Installations specifies 
the basic technical requirements with regard to telecommunications installations set out 
by the Swiss Federal Council. It regulates the conditions for placing telecommunic ations 
installations on the Swiss market, especially radio equipment.  
The Ordinance has been mainly reviewed due to the partial revision of the Swiss 
Telecommunication Law. The main changes are as follows:  
• Introduction of new definitions (fulfilment service provider and information 
society service provider) to take account of the placing of products on the 
market through e -commerce and to define their obligations.  
• Clarification of the exception for military  radio equipment.  
• Clarification of the exception for radio equipment on board of aircrafts especially 
to take into account the new Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and unmanned 
aircrafts.  
The circle of authorised users of equipment intended for the country's se curity has been 
expanded to new authorities and the army. Conditions for the presentation and 
demonstration of such equipment have been clarified.  G/TBT/N/CHE/251  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The Ordinance on Telec ommunications Installations has to be updated to 
follow the revision of the Swiss Telecommunications Law and the latest legislative 
developments in the field of unmanned aircrafts in Europe.; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
Ordinance on Telecommunications Installations of 25  November 2015 (OIT; RS 
784.101.2), available in French , German  and Italian . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  20 December 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_5847_00_f.pdf