G/TBT/N/CHE/233  
 
9 January 2019  
(19-0098) 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 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 t elecommunication 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) RIR0501 -23, RIR0501 -28, RIR0501 -29, 
RIR0501 -30, RIR0501 -31, RIR0504 -04, RIR0504 -05, RIR0504 -06, RIR0504 -07, 
RIR0703 -02, RIR0703 -03, RIR0808 -18, RIR0808 -19, RIR1004 -19, RIR1004 -20 
(new)  
• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR) RIR1006 -05 (to be abrogated)  
• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR) RIR0101 -02, RIR0201 -71, RIR0201 -72, 
RIR0203 -11, RIR1009 -10, RIR1009 -11, RIR1013 -20 (to be amended)  
• Technical and administrative regulations PTA5.2 and PTA5.3 (to be am ended)   
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 Feder al Council. It 
regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.  
As decided during the World Radio Conference in 2015 several radio interface regulations 
in the 700 MHz band have been created for commercial mobile communication services 
aka mobile/fixe d communication networks (MFCN) and for public protection and disaster 
relief (PPDR) RIR0501 -28, RIR0501 -29, RIR0501 -30, RIR0504 -04, RIR0504 -05, 
RIR0504 -06, RIR0504 -07.  G/TBT/N/CHE/233  
 
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  Also for MFCN, a supplemental downlink in the range 1427 -1518 MHz and a time division 
duplex (TDD) band has been introduced with the RIR0501 -31 and RIR0501 -23. As a 
reaction of the frequency expansion of MFCN and PPDR services into the 700 MHz band, 
the RIR0201 -71, RIR0201 -72, RIR1009 -10, RIR1009 -11, RIR1013 -20 have to reduce 
their frequenc y ranges down to 694 MHz. The RIR0101 -02 has been adapted because 
aeronautical communications switched to the 8.33 kHz grid by 1.1.2019. In the range of 
76-77 GHz, a RIR for obstacle detection radars for rotorcraft use (RIR1004 -19) and one 
for drone detect ion radars (RIR1004 -20) will be introduced. Further radars in the range 
of 24-35 GHz will be introduced for rain (RIR0703 -02) and cloud (RIR0703 -03) detection. 
The RIR0808 -18 and RIR0808 -19 have been introduced in the range 1980 -2200 MHz in 
order to provid e broadband services to aircrafts.  
The RIR1006 -05 for Ultra Low Power Active Animal Implantable Devices will be deleted 
since this RIR is already covered by RIR1005 -13. However, the RIR1005 -13 has dif ferent 
requirements in terms of duty cycle, occupied bandwidth, and maximum allowed field 
strength. For some application it will be more and for others less stringent.  
The technical and administrative regulations (PTA5.2, PTA5.3) which apply to mobile 
jammers and to fixed installation in prisons, intended to be operated by authorities to 
safeguard public security, have been reviewed in order to guarantee a more accurate 
definition of the measurement requirements. These regulations impose the requirements 
on the products in order to get a type approval.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The OOIT has to be updated to foll ow the latest frequency management in 
Europe.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ordinance of 26 May 2016 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT; RS 784.101.21), available in French , 
German  and Italian . 
• RIR0101 -02, RIR0201 -71, RIR0201 -72, RIR0203 -11, RIR0501 -28, RIR0501 -29, 
RIR0501 -30, RIR0501 -31, RIR0504 -04, RIR0504 -05, RIR0504 -06, RIR0504 -07, 
RIR0703 -02, RIR0703 -03, RIR0808 -18, RIR0808 -19, RIR1004 -19, RIR1004 -20, 
RIR1006 -05, RIR1009 -10, RIR1009 -11, RIR1013 -20, RIR0501 -23 
• Technical and administrat ive regulations PTA5.2 and PTA5.3 can be obtained in 
German, upon request to the National enquiry point.  
• The technical and administrative regulations PTA5.2 and PTA5.3 can be obtained 
in German, upon request to the National enquiry point.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 2 April 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force: 2 April 2019  
10. Final date for comments: 21 March 2019  
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/2019/TBT/CHE/19_0058_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_0058_00_x1.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_0058_00_x2.pdf