. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/131 
8 February 2011  
 (11-0646) 
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 
Non-tariff Measures Effingerstrasse 1 CH-3003 Berne  Fax: +41 31 324 09 58 
E-mail:  mailto: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 te lecommunication 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 French 
and German 
6. Description of content:  Partial revision of the Decree  of the Federal Office for 
Communications on telecommunicatio ns installations (OOIT).  The size of the equipment 
class identifier has been defined as it is in the European Directive 1999/5/EC:  it has to have 
the same height as the conformity mark.  Fu rthermore, the consequences of changes in 
technical standards which, if applied, bring presumption of conformity with the essential 
requirements, have been precised.  Some radio interface regul ations have also been updated to 
take in account changes occurred in the spectrum management.  The number of possible channel bandwidths in some fixed links freque ncy bands have been reduced.  The possibility 
to use adaptive coded modulation (ACM) has been  introduced in some fixed links frequency 
bands.  Technical parameters for planning issu es have been precised in some fixed links 
frequency bands.  The possibility to use Auto matic Transmite Power Control (ATPC) in the 
frequency band of 51.40 – 52.60 GHz has been introduced. Technical parameters for IMT-
2000/UMTS equipment (base stations, user equi pment and repeaters) in the 2500-2570 MHz 
and 2620-2690 MHz frequency bands have been de fined.  The maximum radiated power for 
DECT equipment has been reestablished to 250 mW EIRP.  No new licenses for 
mobile/portable analogue voice applications anci llary to broadcasting will be granted in the G/TBT/N/CHE/131 
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  477.05 – 517.975 MHz frequency band.  Technical pa rameters for non safety applications in 
the field of intelligent transportation system s (ITS) in the frequency band 63 – 64 GHz have 
been defined.  The 17.1-17.3 GHz frequenc y will be open for all ground based systems and 
not only for ground based synthetic  aperture radars (GBSAR).  Wireless microphones with a 
maximum radiated power of 1 mW ERP may be  used in the 826 – 832 MHz frequency band 
without a license.  Some minor editorial change s have also been made to some other radio 
interface regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
OOIT must be amended in preparation of the introduction of the digital dividend in 
Switzerland, permit th e introduction of new applications in  some frequency bands and precise 
the use of some other frequency bands.  
8. Relevant documents:    
• Decree of 14 June 2002 of the Fe deral Office for Communications on 
telecommunications installations (RS 784. 101.21; RO 2002 2111), 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), 20th January 2005 (RO 2005 681), 19 May 2005 (RO 2005 2219), 7 Septembe r 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 (RO2010 3549) and 1 November 2010 (RO2010 5067).  
• Draft radio interface re gulations are available in Englis h, French, German and Italian on 
the following website:  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 May 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  1 April 2011 
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:     
Can be downloaded from:   
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/che/11_0363_00_f.pdf  and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/che/11_0363_00_x.pdf