. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/66 
9 May 2006 
 (06-2227) 
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,  
Effingerstrasse 1,  
CH 3003 Berne 
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):   Telecommunications 
equipment: radio equipment and teleco mmunications terminal equipment. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree of  the Federal 
Office for Communications on telecommunicati ons installations (OOIT),(3 pages, in 
French). 
6. Description of content:   Partial revision of the Decree of the Federal Office for 
Communications on telecommunications installa tions (OOIT). The modification concerns 
the amendment of annex 2. The changes to th e annex 2 is due to the introduction of new 
frequency bands according to CEPT/ECC deci sions as the allocation of the 169.4750 - 
169.48750 MHz and 169.5875 - 169.60000 MHz frequency bands for social alarm systems 
and introduction of the PMR446 digital in the 446.1 – 446.2 MHz frequency band; radio 
interface regulation for DAB and DVB systems has been drawn; introduction of BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) systems in the 3.4100 - 3.600 GHz frequency band; 
introduction of new frequency bands for tank le vel probing radars (4.50 - 7.00 GHz, 8.50 - 
10.60 GHz, 57.00 - 64.00 GHz and 75.00 - 85.00  GHz); introduction of digital modulation 
in the 863.000 - 870.000 MHz frequency band and review of the requirement for short range 
applications (as MP3 transmitters, hands-free systems,...) according the developments in 
ETSI (European Telecommunication Standardization Institute). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Annex 2 of the OOIT must be amended in view  of correction of existing radio interface 
regulation and introduction of  new frequency bands according to CEPT/ECC decisions. G/TBT/N/CHE/66 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 14 June 2002 of the Federal Office for Communications 
on telecommunications installations (RS 784.101 .21; RO 2002 2111) and its modifications 
of 10th February 2003 (RS 784.101.21 ; RO 2003 335), of 19 May 2003 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2003 1490), of 15 December 2003 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2003 5193), 20 January 2005 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2005 681, 19 May 2005 (R S784.101.21; RO 2005 2219), 7 September 
2005 (RS784.101.21; RO 2005 4627) and 21 November 2005 (RS784.101.21; RO 2005 
5139) (http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/7/784.101.21.fr.pdf). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:     
1 August 2006 
10. Final date for comments:   10 July 2006 
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: