. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHE/57 
13 October 2005 
 (05-4669) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulated 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 tel ecommunications 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 Decre e of the Federal Office for 
Communications on telecommunications installa tions (OOIT).  The modification concerns 
the amendment of annexes 1 and 2.  The chang es to the annex 1 is due to the introduction of 
additional essential requirement for COSPAS-SARSAT beacons used on ground;  annex 2 
is due to the introduction of new frequency bands according to CEPT/ECC decisions as the 
allocation of the 869.3 - 869.4 MHz frequency band for alarm systems;  as the allocation of frequencies in the 863-870 MHz frequency band for digital modulations;  as the possibility 
to use the frequency  band for short r ange applications (as MP3 transm itters, hands-free 
systems,...) and some editorial changes in radio interface regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
Annex 1 of the OOIT must be amended to follow  the evolution of the European legislation 
and 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/57 
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 8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 14 June 2002 of t he Federal Office for Communications 
on telecommunications installations (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) and  
7 September 2005 (RS784.101.21;  RO 2005 4627). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    
1January 2006. 
10. Final date for comments:   15 December 2005 
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: