. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/126 
2 June 2010  
 (10-3037) 
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 (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 
Effingerstrasse 1, CH 3003 Berne E-mail:  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 applicab le, 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 installations (OOIT) (3 pages in German, French and Italian translation will soon be available).         
6. Description of content:  Partial revision of the Decree of the Federal Office for 
Communications on telecommunications installa tions (OOIT) due to changes to spectrum 
allocation.  The frequency bands 174-230 MH z and 470 - 862 MHz can not any more be 
used for analogue television broadcasting.  The sub bands 40.5 – 41. 0 GHz and 42.0 – 42.5 
GHz have been defined to be used by multi media wireless systems (MWS) with a license. 
In preparation of the future introduction of mobile services in the band 790 – 862 MHz due 
to the digital dividend, conditions of use of radio microphones in the 786 – 862 MHz frequency band have been adapted accordingly.   Radio microphones cannot be operated in 
the 608 – 614 MHz frequency band near of radio astronomy sites; the protection area has 
been defined in relation with the radiated power of the radio microphone.  The 30 – 37.5 MHz frequency band can be used without a license for ultra low power active medical implants (ULP-AMI) with a maximum radiated power of 1 mW ERP.  The 40.71 – 40.99 MHz frequency band can be used  without a license for car and boat radio controlled toys 
with a maximum radiated power of 100 mW ERP;  flying models are not allowed in this 
frequency band.  The radio interface specifications for wireless local area networks 
(WLAN) in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency ba nd have been updated taking the evolution 
at international level in account.  G/TBT/N/CHE/126 
Page 2  
 
  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable: 
OOIT must be amended due to the introduction of digital television broadcasting and digital 
dividend.  Some changes come from the evolut ion of the frequency allocation at European 
level.  
8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 14 June 2002 of the Federal Office for Communications 
on telecommunications installations (RS 784.101.21; RO 2002 2111).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      - 
1 September 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  1 August 2010 
11. Text 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 can be 
downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/che/10_2277_00_x.pdf