WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/20
30 April 2002
(02-2462)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 Telecommunications
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 telecommunications terminal equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   D e c r e e  o n
telecommunications installations, 22 pages in French.
6. Description of content:   The total revision of the Decree on telecommunications
installations (OIT) adopts a new structure and introduces the following main changes:
repeal of homologation, regulation of components and assemblage kits and modification ofthe content of the declaration of conformity in line with the European Directive 1999/5 EC
of 9
th March 1999 (OJ # L 91/10 of 7 April 1999).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
For the marketing of telecommunications installations some basic requirements must be
fulfilled for the protection of human health, for the protection against interferences and for
an efficient use of the spectrum. The decree is being harmonized with the Directive 1999/5
EC.
8. Relevant documents:   Federal Law of 30 April 1997 on Telecommunications.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   28 June 2002
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:  switec@snv.ch