 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHE/45 
7 October 2004 
 (04-4197) 
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 (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 teleco mmunications 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). 
6. Description of content:   Partial revision of the Decree 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 a precision of the 
definition of maritime equipment submitted to  additional essential requirement for; annex 2 
is due to the introduction of new frequency bands according to CEPT/ECC decisions and 
some editorial changes in radio interface regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture 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. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 14th June 2002 of the Federal Office for Communications 
on telecommunications installations (RS 784.101.21 ;  RO 2002 2111) and its modifications 
of 10th February 2003 (RS 784.101.21;  RO 2003 335), of 19th Mai 2003 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2003 1490) and of 15th
 December 2003 (RS 784.101.21; RO 2003 5193). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  - 
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   6 December 2004 
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:        
 