G/TBT/N/CHE/207  
 
21 September 2015  
(15-4855)  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 goverment 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 E-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 applic able, 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 pages in French, German and Italian (to 
be amended) 
 Radio Interface Regulation (RIR) 0506-23 (to be abrogated) 
 RIR 0507-06 (to be abrogated) 
 Draft RIR 0501-24 (new) 
 Draft RIR 0507-35 (new) 
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 interfaces in Switzerland.  
One interface regulation for supplemental downlink for MFCN (mobile fixed 
communications networks) between 1452 – 1492 MHz will be introduced (RIR0501-24). 
Another interface regulation for PMR446 (public mobile radio) between 446.0 – 446.2 MHz 
will also be introduced (RIR0507-35). 
Two interface regulations for talkback pocket units and PMR (public mobile radio) between 
152.0625 – 152.5875 MHz and 430.125 – 430.350 MHz will be deleted (RIR0506-23 and 
RIR0507-06). G/TBT/N/CHE/207 
 
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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.  
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), and https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classified-
compilation/20021021/index.html  (Italian) 
 RIR 0501-24 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=366  
 RIR 0506-23 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=448  
 RIR 0507-06 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=450   
 RIR 0507-35 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=447   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2016   
10. Final date for comments: 10 December 2015 
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/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_3725_00_f.pdf   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_3725_00_x1.pdf   
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 015/TBT/CHE/15_3725_00_x2.pdf