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Notifying Member: Switzerland

If applicable, name of local goverment involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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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

Fax +41 31 324 09 58

E-mail: tbt@seco.admin.ch

Website: http://www.seco.admin.ch

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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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

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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) 0506-23 (to be abrogated)

·                RIR 0507-06 (to be abrogated)

·                Draft RIR 0501-24 (new)

·                Draft RIR 0507-35 (new)

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Description of content: The Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on telecommunications installations (OOIT) specifies the basic technical requirements with regard to telecommunications installations set out by the Swiss Federal Council. It regulates the use of radio interfaces in Switzerland.

One interface regulation for supplemental downlink for MFCN (mobile fixed communications networks) between 1452 – 1492 MHz will be introduced (RIR0501-24). Another interface regulation for PMR446 (public mobile radio) between 446.0 – 446.2 MHz will also be introduced (RIR0507-35).

Two interface regulations for talkback pocket units and PMR (public mobile radio) between 152.0625 – 152.5875 MHz and 430.125 – 430.350 MHz will be deleted (RIR0506-23 and RIR0507-06).

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The OOIT has to be updated to follow the latest frequency management in Europe.

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Relevant documents:

·                Ordinance of 14 June 2002 of the Swiss Federal Office of Communications on telecommunications installations (OOIT; RS 784.101.21), available in https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20021021/index.html (French) https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20021021/index.html (German), and https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classified-compilation/20021021/index.html (Italian)

·                RIR 0501-24 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=366

·                RIR 0506-23 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=448

·                RIR 0507-06 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=450

·                RIR 0507-35 http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=9999;nb=447

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Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 2016

Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2016

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Final date for comments: 10 December 2015

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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/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3725_00_f.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3725_00_x1.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/CHE/15_3725_00_x2.pdf