. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CHE/12
13 July 2001
(01-3494)
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 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:           
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 as refered to in
Directive 1999/5/EC of 9 March 1999 (OJ # L 91/10 of 7 April 1999).
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Decree of the Federal
Office for Communications on Telecommunicati ons Installations (OOIT), Annexes 1 and
1a, 5 pages, in French
6. Description of content:   Modifications of Annexes 1 of the OOIT:  Introduction of an
essential requirement for avalanche beacons operating at 457 kHz to support certain featuresensuring access to emergency services in accordance with the EC Commission Decision of
21 February 2001 
(OJ # L 55 of 24 February 2001, p. 0065) concerning the Article 3(3)(e)
of the Directive 1999/5/EC of 9 March 1999 (OJ # L 91 of 7 April 1999, p. 0010).
Modifications of Annex 1a of the OOIT:  Introduction of a new interface regulation and
modification of the existing interface regulations (amendment or withdrawal) according to
the developpement of new technologies.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Annex 1:  The introduction of the essential requirement for avalanche beacons operating at
457 kHz is necessary with regard to interoperability of the equipment and to protect human
life.  
Annex 1a:  The introduction of new or the revision of existing interface regulations is
necessary according to the development of new technologies to ensure interoperability and
interworking of telecommunications terminal equipment
8. Relevant documents:   Federal Act on Telecommunications of 30 April 1997;  Decree on
telecommunications installations of 6 October 1997  (OIT).G/TBT/N/CHE/12
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2001
10. Final date for comments:   9 September 2001
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:           