# Swiss ONIR / NISV installation limit values

> Switzerland's precaution-based installation limits for fixed transmitters and power lines, roughly a factor of 10 below ICNIRP in field strength terms.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/swiss-onir-nisv
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:ch-onir`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/swiss-onir-nisv
- Also known as: NISV, ORNI, Swiss installation limit value

## Key values

- **Organization:** Swiss Confederation
- **Edition:** 2000, as amended
- **Jurisdiction:** CH
- **Frequency range:** DC – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Legally enforceable in at least one jurisdiction

## Scope

Applies to places of sensitive use (bedrooms, schools, workplaces, playgrounds) near fixed installations, in addition to ICNIRP-level immission limits.

## Sources

- `ch-onir` Swiss Confederation (2000). *Ordinance relating to Protection from Non-Ionising Radiation (ONIR / NISV, SR 814.710)*. https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2000/38/en — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

This record is reference data, not medical or legal advice. Regulatory limits, scientific guidelines and precautionary values are labelled separately and answer different questions.