. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/84 
29 June 2007 
 (07-2776) 
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 (SECO), AFNT Division, 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 telecommunications  installations (OOIT) (2 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  annex 2 are due to the introduction of new 
frequency bands according to CEPT/ECC decisi ons as the allocation of the 5805 - 5815 
MHz for road transport and traffic telematics (RTTT), allocation of some frequency bands 
for ultra wide band technology - UWB (3400 - 4800 MHz, 4200 - 8500 MHz, 4200 - 8500 
MHz, 30 - 12400 MHz  and 2200 - 8000 MHz).  The following radio interface regulations 
have been improved: alarm systems in the 868.600 - 868.700 MHz frequency band, terrestrial DAB in the 174-230 MHz frequency ba nd. New radio interface regulations have 
been drawn in field of wind-profilers, weat her sondes and weather radars.  The radio 
interface regulations for radio microphones in  the 1785-1800 MHz frequency band have 
been condensed into only one radio interface regulation (simplification). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Annex 2 of the OOIT must be amended in vi ew of publication of new radio interface 
regulations, introduction of ne w frequency bands according to CEPT/ECC decisions and 
changes in the conditions of use of various frequency bands. G/TBT/N/CHE/84 
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8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 14
 June 2002 of the Federal Office for Communications 
on telecommunications installations (http://www. admin.ch/ch/f/rs/7/784.101.21.fr.pdf; RS 
784.101.21; RO 2002 2111) and its modifications  of 10 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 
(RS784.101.21; RO 2005 2219), 7 September 2005 (RS784.101.21; RO 2005 4627) 21 
November 2005 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2005 5139), 3 July 2006 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2006 2915), 15 November 2006 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2006 4665), 9 March 2007 (RO 2007 1001) and 2 May 2007 (RO 2007 2263). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
1 October 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   20 September 2007 
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: