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Art. 1 Subject matter
This Ordinance regulates: a. the offering, making available on the market, putting into service, installation and operation of telecommunications installations as defined in Article 3 letter d TCA; b. the recognition of testing laboratories and conformity assessment bodies; c. the inspection of telecommunications installations.
Art. 2 Definitions
1 In this Ordinance: a. radio equipment means an electrical or electronic product that intentionally sends or receives information in the form of radio waves, or an electrical or electronic product that requires an accessory, such as an antenna, so as to be able to intentionally send or receive information in the form of radio waves; b. line-connected equipment means any electrical or electronic products that are intended to transmit information by wire or that are used for this purpose; c. telecommunications terminal equipment means any equipment that is intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means to interfaces of telecommunications networks used wholly or in part to provide telecommunications services (Art. 3 let. b TCA); d. interface: 1. means a termination point of a telecommunications network used wholly or partly for the provision of telecommunications services, i.e. a physical connection point by which users obtain access to such a network (telecommunications ne
Para. 1 let. obis — Inserted by No I of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 16 July 2021 (AS 2020 6213). Para. 1 let. obis — SR 783.0 Para. 1 let. p — Amended by No I of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 16 July 2021 (AS 2020 6213). Para. 1 let. pbis — Inserted by No I of the O of 18 Nov. 2020, in force since 16 July 2021 (AS 2020 6213).
Art. 3 Interfaces
1 The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) shall determine the technical regulations applicable to interfaces and publishes the list thereof in the Official Compilation of Federal Legislation by reference. 2 It shall determine the location of interfaces, taking international practice into account.
Para. 1 — These regulations may be inspected at or obtained for a fee from the Federal Office of Communication, Zukunftstrasse 44, PO Box, 2501 Biel or at the internet address www.bakom.ch.
Art. 4 Technical standards
1 OFCOM may draw up technical standards or instruct independent Swiss standards organisations to do so. 2 It shall publish the technical standards referred to in Article 31 paragraph 2 letter a TCA in the Official Federal Gazette by reference.
Para. 2 — The standards maybe inspected at or obtained for a fee from the Swiss Association for Standardization, Sulzerallee 70, 8400 Winterthur, www.snv.ch, or the Swiss Telecommunications Association, ASUT, Klösterlistutz 8, 3013 Bern.
Art. 5 Classes of radio equipment
1 Taking international practice into account, OFCOM shall determine the class of radio equipment and the equipment belonging to them; it shall draw up a list thereof. 2 A class includes categories of radio equipment considered to be similar and the radio interfaces for which this equipment is intended. Equipment may belong to more than one equipment class.
Para. 1 — This list may be inspected at or obtained for a fee from the Federal Office of Communication, Zukunftstrasse 44, PO Box, 2501 Biel or at the internet address www.bakom.ch.
