. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/102 
2 October 2008 
 (08-4649) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWITZERLAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Federal Office for Communications 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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, Non-Tariff Measures Di vison, Effingerstrasse 1, CH 3003 Berne, 
Phone: +41 31 324 4777, Fax: +41 31 324 0958, paula.wey@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 tel ecommunication terminal equipment. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree of  the Federal 
Office for Communications on telecommunications in stallations (OOIT) (3 pages, in French 
and German). 
6. Description of content:   Partial revision of the Decree of the Federal Office for 
Communications on telecommunications installa tions (OOIT). The modification concerns 
the introduction of the new European template for all Swiss radio interface regulations. This revision affects also the use of some frequency bands. The introduction of DVB-T in Switzerland restricts the use of analogue broadcasting systems and audio links in the 
VHF/UHF frequency bands. This revision allocates the frequency band for 3410 - 3600 
MHz frequency band for mobile Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) according to 
ECC/DEC/(07)02 and  the 5725 - 5830 MHz freque ncy band for Broadband Fixed Wireless 
Access (BFWA). The use of the 5725 - 5830 MHz frequency band is license free. This revision defines the conditions of use of GS M on board of aircrafts (GSMOBA) according 
to ECC/DEC/(06)07 in the GSM 1800 frequency band. This revision also allocates the 401 - 
402 MHz and 405 - 406 MHz frequency bands fo r Ultra Low Power Medical Data Service 
Systems. (MEDS) and Ultra Low Power Active Medical Implants. (ULP-AMI) according to the annex 12 of ERC/REC 70-03. With this revision is the use of the 869.400 - 869.650 MHz frequency band for audio applications po ssible according to annex 1 of the ERC/REC 
70-03. The regulations for RFID in the 865.0 - 868.0 MHz frequency band has been 
reviewed according to the new annex 11 of  the ERC/REC 70-03. The frequency band for 
license free Point-to-Point Millimetre wave app lications has been extended to the 58 – 63 
GHz frequency range. This revision also allocates the 11100 - 16000 kHz for railways applications (Euroloop). The regulations for so me other railways wireless applications have 
been adapted to the reviewed annex 4 of the ERC/REC 70-03. G/TBT/N/CHE/102 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
OOIT must be amended to introduce the new European template for radio interface 
regulations and changes in the radio in terface regulation (according to CEPT/ECC 
recommendations and decisions). 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 14 June 2002 of the Federal Office for Communications 
on telecommunications installations (RS 784.101 .21; RO 2002 2111), available in French, 
German and Italian. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
1 January 2009 
10. Final date for comments:   1 December 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
And at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/che/08_3126_00_x.pdf   
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/che/08_3126_00_f.pdf