G/TBT/N/CHE/239  
20 September 2019  
(19-6072) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office of 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 SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
tbt@seco.admin.ch  
www.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 telecommunication terminal 
equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
• Draft revision of the Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications 
on telecommunications installations (OOIT), 2 pages in French, German and 
Italian (to be amended)  
• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR): RIR0806 -22, RIR0806 -23, RIR0806 -24, 
RIR1009 -20 (new)  
• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR): RIR0201 -70, RIR0302 -01, RIR0302 -02, 
RIR1008 -39, RIR1012 -08, RIR1023 -01 (to be abrogated)  
• Radio Interface Regulation (RIR): RIR0201 -72, RIR0301 -03, RIR0510 -04, 
RIR1008 -02, RIR1008 -05, RIR1008 -07, RIR1008 -20, RIR1008 -22. RIR1008 -31, 
RIR1008 -33, RIR1008 -34, RIR1008 -35, RIR1008 -38, RIR1008 -40, RIR1023 -02, 
RIR1023 -03 (to be amended)  
6. Description of content:  The Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications 
on telecommunications installations (OOIT) specifies the ba sic technical requirements 
with regard to telecommunications installations set out by the Swiss Federal Council. It 
regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.  
With this revision, from 17 March 2022, hand -held mobile telephones will have to be fitted 
with technical solutions ensuring that the location of the caller will be transferred in 
emergency communications (implementation of the Commission's delegated regul ation 
(EU) 2019/320 of 12 December 2018 supplementing Directive 2014/53/EU of the 
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the application of the essential G/TBT/N/CHE/239  
 
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  requirements referred to in Article 3(3)(g) of that Directive in order to ensure caller  
location in emergency communications from mobile devices).  
Several RIR in the domains of DVB -T, Point -to-Point, Non -specific SRD (short range 
device) and automotive radar will be deleted (RIR0201 -70, RIR0302 -01, RIR0302 -02, 
RIR1008 -39, RIR1012 -08). 
Three RIR in the domain of UWB (Ultra wide Band) will be merged into two ones in order 
to be in line with the ECC/DEC/(06)04 (RIR 1023 -02 and RIR1023 -03 remain, RIR1023 -
01 will be deleted).  
In the domains of FSS (Fixed -Satellite Service) Earth Stations and Radio  microphones 
and ALD (Assistive Listening Devices) four RIR will be created (RIR0806 -22, RIR0806 -23, 
RIR0806 -24, RIR1009 -20) due to changes in the ECC/DEC/(17)04, ECC/DEC/(18)04, 
ECC/DEC/18(05) and the ERC REC 70 -03. 
In the domains of DVB -T and BWA (Broadb and Wireless Access) the frequency range of 
two RIR will be reduced (RIR0201 -72: lower boundary new 470 MHz instead of 174 MHz; 
RIR0301 -03: upper boundary new 3500 MHz instead of 3600 MHz).  
In the domains of ITS (intelligent transport system) and Non -specific SRD the frequency 
range of two RIR will be extended respectively adapted (RIR0510 -04, RIR1008 -40) due 
to changes in the ECC/DEC/(09)01 and ERC REC 70 -03. 
In the domain of Non -specific SRD, some application restrictions will be removed 
(RIR1008 -05, RIR1 008-07, RIR1008 -22) in order to be in line with the ERC REC 70 -03. 
In the domain of Non -specific SRD the channelling (RIR1008 -20, RIR1008 -38) and power 
density requirements (RIR1008 -31) will be removed in order to be in line with the ERC 
REC70 -03. 
In the d omain of Non -specific SRD some application restrictions and channel access rules 
will be removed due to changes in the ECC/DEC/(05)02 (RIR1008 -33, RIR1008 -34, 
RIR1008 -35). 
In the domain of Non -specific SRD the transmit power will be adapted in order to be in 
line with the ERC REC 70 -03 (RIR1008 -02). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  OOIT has to be updated to follow the latest developments of the European 
legislation and frequency management.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ordinance of 26 May 2016 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on 
telecommunications installations (OOIT; RS 784.101.21), available in French , 
German  and Italian . 
• RIR0201 -70 , RIR0201 -72 , RIR0301 -03 , RIR0302 -01 , RIR0302 -02 , 
RIR0510 -02 , RIR0510 -04 , RIR0806 -22 , RIR0806 -23 , RIR0806 -24 , 
RIR1006 -07 , RIR1006 -10 , RIR1006 -11 , RIR1008 -02 , RIR1008 -05 , 
RIR1008 -07 , RIR1008 -20 , RIR1008 -22 , RIR1008 -31 , RIR1008 -32 , 
RIR1008 -33 , RIR1008 -34 , RIR1008 -35 , RIR1008 -38 , RIR1008 -39 , 
RIR1008 -40 , RIR1009 -20 , RIR1012 -08 , RIR1023 -01 , RIR1023 -02 , 
RIR1023 -03 
• Link to all DRAFT RIR: https://www.ofcomnet.ch/#/rirs/drafts  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 January 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  20 December 2019  G/TBT/N/CHE/239  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_5089_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_5089_00_x1.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/CHE/19_5089_00_x2.pdf