WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/10
10 January 2000
(00-0079)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 Communications (OFCOM), Bienne
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco), Berne
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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 as referred to in
Directive 1999/5/EC on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and
the mutual recognition of their conformity of 9 March 1999 (OJ L 91/10 of 7 April 1999)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ordinance on
Telecommunications Installations (OIT)
6. Description of content:   Partial revision of the Ordinance on Telecommunications
Installations (OIT)
The revision introduces new essential requirements that are relevant for given classes of
radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment.  The essential requirementsdepend on the nature and needs of that class of  equipment.  Equipment complying with the
technical standards referred to under the OIT modifications cover also conformity
assessment procedures and their scope.  A further change is that, from entry into force of the
revised Ordinance, a declaration of conformity and information for the users must
accompany the equipment.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The OIT must be amended in view of the harmonization with the above-mentioned
Directive 1999/5/EC of 9 March 1999 (OJ L 91/10 of 7 April 1999).
8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 6 October 1997 on telecommunications installations (RS
784.101.2;  RO 1997 2853) and its modification of 14 December 1998 (RS 784.101.21;
RO 1999 370)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  6 March 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2000
10. Final date for comments:   3 March 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           