WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHE/153 
8 June 2012  
 (12-3030) 
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 
Email:  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 installa tions (OOIT). Cordless cameras cannot be 
operated any more in the frequency band  2500 - 2690 MHz. In the frequency band 24.549-
26.453 GHz ACCP (Adjacent Channel Co-Polarizati on) can only be used by fixed links with 
56 MHz bandwidth channels and CCDP (Co-Ch annel Dual Polarized) for 28 MHz and 56 
MHz bandwidth. From 1 January 2013, no license will be any more needed for talk back 
pocket units operating on the frequencies 152.075 MHz, 152.575 MHz,. PMR 446 channels 
(446-446.1 MHz) can only be used on PMR compli ant equipment with an antenna connector 
provided that they fulfil the PMR 446 technica l parameters. The restriction on integral or 
dedicated antenna for alar ms in the frequency bands 868.600 - 868.700 MHz, 869.250 – 
869.300 MHz and 869.650 – 869.700 MHz has been re moved. Technical conditions for tank 
level probing radars in the frequency band 4500 - 7000 MHz, 8500 – 10600 MHz, 24.05 – 
27.00 GHz, 57.00 – 64.00 GHz and 75.00 – 85.00 GHz  have been aligned to reflect the annex 
6 of the ERC/REC 70-03. The same has been made  for radio determinati on applications in the 
frequency band 17.100 - 17.300 GHz. New radio re gulation interfaces have been developed 
according ECC/DEC/(11)02 for level probing radars in the frequency band 6 – 8.5 GHz, G/TBT/N/CHE/153 
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  24.05 – 26.5 GHz, 57 – 64 GHz and 75 – 85 GHz. The technical parameters for inductive 
applications in the frequency band 9 - 148.5 kH z have been fully aligned with the revised 
annex 9 of the ERC/REC 70-03. The restriction on loop coil ante nnas for external antennas 
for inductive applications in the freque ncy bands 148.5 - 5000 kHz, 400 – 600 kHz, 3155 – 
3400 kHz, 10200 – 11000 kHz and 5000 – 30000 kHz will be removed. Ultra low power active medical implants (ULP-AMI) in the fr equency bands 401 - 406 MHz shall be fitted 
with techniques to access spectrum or to mitigate interference. The use of the 30.0 – 37.5 
MHz for medical equipment has been specified,  this frequency band will be for "Ultra low 
power medical membrane implants for blood pressure measurements  only, and related 
peripheral devices (ULP-MMI)". The applicatio ns that can use non-specific short range 
frequency bands 6765 - 6795 kHz, 13553 – 13567 kHz, 26957 – 27283 kHz, 40.660 – 40.700 MHz, 433.050 – 434.790 MHz, 868.000 – 868.600 MHz, 868.700 – 869.200 MHz, 863.000 – 
865.000 MHz, 865.000 – 868.000 MHz , 869.400 – 869.650 MHz, 869.700 – 870.000 MHz, 
2400.0 – 2483.5 MHz, 5725 – 5875 MHz, 24.00 – 24.25 GHz, 61.0 – 61.5 GHz, 122 – 123 
GHz, 244 – 246 GHz has been specified: these frequency bands may be used by any type of 
application which fulfils the tec hnical conditions (typical uses ar e telemetry, remote controls, 
alarms, data in general and other similar a pplications). Mitigation techniques for wideband 
data transmission systems in the freque ncy band 57 – 66 GHz have been specified.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
OOIT needs to be amended to specify some provisions and to take into account frequency 
management developments in Europe.  
8. Relevant documents:   - Decree of 14th June 2002 of th e Federal Office for Communications 
on telecommunications installa tions (RS 784.101.21; RO 2002 21 11), available in French, 
German and Italian. 
And its modifications of 10 February 2003 (RO 2003 335), of 19 May 2003 (RO 2003 1490), 
of 15 December 2003 (RO 2003 5193), 20 Janu ary 2005 (RO 2005 681), 19 May 2005 (RO 
2005 2219), 7 September 2005 (RO 2005 4627) 21 November 2005 (RO 2005 5139), 
3 July 2006 (RO 2006 2915), 15 November 2006 (RO 2006 4665), 9 March 2007 (RO 2007 1001), 2 May 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), 30 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), 5 September 2011 (RO 2011 4339), 14 November 2011 (RO 
2011 5265) and 12 April 2012 (RO 2012 1921).  
Draft radio interface regulations are available in English, French, German and Italian on the 
following web-site: http://www.bakom.admin.ch/org/grund lagen/00563/00575/02143/index.html?lang=en  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      - 
1 September 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  1 August 2012  G/TBT/N/CHE/153 
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  11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2126_00_F.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2126_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_2126_00_x2.pdf