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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHE/138 
28 September 2011  
 (11-4708) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office for 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 
Non-tariff Measures Holzikofenweg 36 CH-3003 Berne  Fax:  +41 31 324 09 58 
E-mail:  tbt@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 tele communication 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, 
German and Italian.)  
6. Description of content:  Partial revision of the Decree  of the Federal Office for 
Communications on telecommunications instal lations (OOIT). Some  radio interface 
regulations have also been updated to take in  account changes occurred in the spectrum 
management. The term IMT has been repla ced by MFCN (Mobile/Fixed Communications 
Networks) in some radio interface regulatio ns. The reference to ECC/DEC(10)01 has been 
added for SAP/SAB video links in the 10.00 - 10.68 GHz frequency band. The use of the 
64.010-65.990 GHz frequency band by  point to point links will be license free. The 2000 
MHz channelling in the frequency bands 71-76  GHz and 81-86 GHz has been removed. 
Introduction of 6.25 kHz channelling for anal ogue and digital PMR systems in following 
frequency bands: 68-87.5 MHz, 146.8-147.6 MHz, 150.4-151.4 MHz, 155-174 MHz, 406.1-
418 MHz, 420-428 MHz and 440-470 MHz Review of  the references fo r IMT-2000 satellite 
components in the 1980-2010 MHz frequency band. Spectrum access techniques 
requirements (or mitigation techniques requireme nts) have been aligned to the European 
community decision on harmonisation of the ra dio spectrum for use by short-range devices 
for active medical implants and associated peripherals in the 401- 406 MHz frequency band. 
Some frequency bands from 447 MHz to 782 MHz have been identified to be used with a G/TBT/N/CHE/138 
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  licence for one-way wireless audio links with a maximum radiated power of 5 W ERP. The 
use of some ISM frequencies in the 433 MHz w ith a maximum radiated power of 500 mW or 
2.5 W will be restricted from 1st January 2013 to  equipment having a duty cycle of maximum 
1% or mitigations techniques as LBT + AFA.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
OOIT must be amended to precise some provi sions and to follow the evolution of the 
frequency management in Europe. The use of so me frequency bands has also been précised.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Decree of 14th June 2002 of the Fe deral Office for Communications on 
 telecommunications installations (RS 784.101.21; RO 2002 2111), available in 
 French, German and Italian. 
- And its modifications of 10th Febr uary 2003 (RO 2003 335), of 19th Mai 2003 (RO 
 2003 1490), of 15th December 2003 (R O 2003 5193), 20 January 2005 (RO 2005 
 681), 19 May 2005 (RO 2005 2219), 7th September 2005 (RO 2005 4627) 21   November 2005 (RO 2005 5139), 3 July 2006 (RO 2006 2915), 
 15 November 2006 (RO 2006 4665),  9th March 2007 (RO 2007 1001), 
 2 Mai 2007 (RO 2007 2263), 17 September 2007 (RO 2007 4427),  30 November 2007 (RO 2007 7081) 28 April 2008 (RO 2008 1907),  5 December 2008 (RO 2008 6471), 17 August 2009 (RO 2009 4229),  30rd November 2009 (R0 2009 6543), 15 March 2010 (RO2010 959),  16 August 2010 (RO 2010 3549), 1 November 2010 (RO 2010 5067), 
 7 April 2011 (RO 2011 1395) and 5 September 2011 (RO 2011 4339).  
- Draft radio interface regula tions will be available from 3 October 2011 in English, 
 French, German and Italian on the following website  http://www.bakom.admin.ch/org/grund lagen/00563/00575/02143/index.html?lang=e n  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
1 January 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  1 December 2011 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/CHE/11_3125_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2011/tbt/CHE/11_3125_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2011/tbt/CHE/11_3125_00_x2.pdf