G/TBT/N/CHE/216  
 
9 March 2017  
(17-1389) 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 Communication s 
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 Berne  
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 langua ge(s)  of the notified document:   
• Draft revision of the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT) (4 p ages in French) (to be amended)  
• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR) RIR0504 -01, RIR0507 -03, RIR05 07-13, RIR0507 -35, 
RIR0702 -01, RIR0702 -02, RIR0806 -01, RIR1006 -08, RIR1009 -09, RIR1012 -03, 
RIR1101 -02 (to be amended)  
6. Description of content:  The Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT) specifi es the basic technical requirements with 
regard to telecommunications installations set out by the Swiss Federal Council. It 
regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.  
The new article 2a and annex 6 specify how manufacturers have to inform the u ser on 
potential restrictions for the use of radio equipment. First of all on the packaging of the 
radio equipment (either with text in a language understandable by the buyer/user or by 
using a specific pictogram). Secondly, detailed information on the res triction shall be in the 
user manual. These provisions are based on the according delegated act from the EU 
Commission.  
For the emergency channel (E -Channel) the allowed transmit power has been raised and 
digital modulations and data are now allowed (RIR05 04-01). For PMR applications the 
lower band edge has been moved from 406.0 down to 405.9 MHz (RIR0507 -03 and 
RIR0507 -03). For the use of the PMR446 band with regular PMR equipment the maximal 
output power has been defined at the antenna connector (RIR0507 -35). For meteorological 
sondes the upper band edge has been moved from 406.0 down to 405.9 MHz (RIR0702 -01 
and RIR0702 -02). For satellite News Gathering (SNG) Transportable Earth Stations (TES) 
in the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) in the frequency range of  12.75 - 14.5 GHz the sub 
bands and license conditions have been changed (RIR0806 -01). For Ultra Low Power 
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  moved from 406.0 down to 405.9 MHz (RIR1006 -08). For not body wor n radio 
microphones between 1785 - 1804.8 MHz using more than 20mW up to 50mW EIRP a 
spectrum scanning procedure (SSP) is necessary (RIR1009 -09). For vehicle and 
infrastructure radar between 76 -77 GHz the application range has been extended to 
airport surv eillance (RIR1012 -03). For radio amateurs a new sub band has been added 
between 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz (RIR1101 -02). 
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The OOIT has to be updated to specify information requi rements that have to accompany  
radio equipment and to follow the latest frequency management in Europe.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Draft revision of the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT) (4 pag es in French) (to be amended)  
 Ordinance  of 26 May 2016 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT; RS 784.101.21), available in :  
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  
 RIR0504 -01: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/a pi/RIR/9999/452  
 RIR0507 -03: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/459  
 RIR0507 -13: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/460  
 RIR0507 -35: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/456  
 RIR0702 -01: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/461  
 RIR0702 -02: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/462  
 RIR0806 -01: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/457  
 RIR1006 -08: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/463  
 RIR1009 -09: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/455  
 RIR1012 -03: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/458  
 RIR1101 -02: https://www.o fcomnet.ch/api/RIR/9999/454  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 June 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 June 2017  
10. Final date for comments:  20 May 2017  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/CHE/17_1206_00_f.pdf