. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/121 
8 January 2010  
 (10-0037) 
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 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, Effingerstrasse 1, CH  3003 Berne, email: 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 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:  Draft revision of the 
Decree of the Federal Office for Communi cations on telecommunications installations 
(OOIT) (2 pages in French, It alian and in German).     
6. Description of content:  Partial revision of the Decree  of the Federal Office for 
Communications on telecommunications installatio ns (OOIT). This revision changes and give 
more spectrum to be used for short term by SAP/SAB and ENG/OB cordless cameras (1980 - 
2010 MHz / 2170 - 2200 MHz / 2290 - 2400 MHz / 2500 - 2690 MHz / 3410 - 3600 MHz / 3600 - 3800 MHz / 3800 - 4200 MHz). A license remain s mandatory for the use. The use of 
the 24.500 - 26.500 GHz frequency band for public point to multi point systems has been 
limited to 31 December 2010. The frequency band  for point to point systems in the 26 GHz 
has been extended (25.137 - 25.445 GHz / 26.145 - 26.453 GHz) and spectral  efficien cy class 
has been updated accordingly. The 42 GHz frequency band (41 -42 GHz / 42.5 – 43.5 GHz) 
will be allocated for point to point applica tions. A license will be mandatory for its use. 
Hearing aids may use the 174 – 223 MHz freque ncy band with a maximu m radiated power of 
10 mW. This use will be possible without a lic ense. The maximum output power of wideband 
data transmission systems in the 57 – 66 GH z has been increased to 40 dBm EIRP (or 13 
dBm/MHz EIRP). According th e ECC/DEC/(09)04, non voice tran smit-only mobile satellite 
terminals may use the 1613.8 - 1626.5 MHz freque ncy band. The transmit power of inductive 
applications using frequencie s between 9 – 135 kHz has been updated according the latest 
version of the Annex 9 of the ERC/REC 70-03. Editorial changes have been made to the 
concerned radio interface regulat ions to take the fact that frequency band 470-790 MHz can 
be used from 1 January 2010 for all wireless  microphones (not any more limited for 
applications in relati on with broadcasting) in account. Th e maximum allowed peak output 
power for DECT cordless telephones has been corrected to 250 mW conducted or 4 W EIRP.  G/TBT/N/CHE/121 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
OOIT must be amended to take in account ch anges in the allocation of radio spectrum 
according to CEPT/ECC reco mmendations and decisions.  
8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 14 June 2002 of the Federal Office for Communications on 
telecommunications installations (RS 784.101.21) http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/7/784.101.21.fr.pdf 
  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    March 2010. 
1 April 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  1 March 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:   And can be 
downloaded here:  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/che/10_0008_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/che/10_0008_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/che/10_0008_00_x2.pdf