G/TBT/N/ISR/1176  
6 October 2020  
(20-6838) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Israel WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 3 7347501  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
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):  Household 
refrigerating appliances; (HS: 8418); (ICS: 97.030)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document:  SI 62552 Part 
1 - Household refrigerating appliances – Characteristics and test methods: General 
requirements (5 pages in Hebrew and 67 in English); SI 62552 Part 2 - Household 
refrigerating appliances – Characteristics and test methods: P erformance requirements 
(5 pages in Hebrew and 47 in English); SI 62552 Part 3 - Household refrigerating 
appliances – Characteristics and test methods: Energy consumption and volume (5 pages 
in Hebrew and 159 in English).  
6. Description of content:  Revisi on of the Mandatory Standard 62552, dealing with 
household refrigerating appliances, to be replaced with SI 62552 parts 1, 2, and 3 and 
therefore divide the previous standard's scope into three aspects.  
These draft standard revisions adopt the following In ternational Standards:  
• SI 62552 Part 1 specifies general requirements, adopts the International 
Standard  IEC 62552 -1 - Edition 1.0: 2015 -02 and includes the following 
significant technical changes:  
o Changes a few specifications of the test -room equipment and changes 
the setup fo r testing to provide additional flexibility especially when 
testing multiple appliances  in a single test -room;  
o Reduces the  test packages to one size to simplify loading and reduce 
test variability;  
o Adds Annex G dealing with wine storage appliances;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1176  
 
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  o Replace s the international requirements appearing in section 4 dealing 
with classification, with national requirements suitable for Israel's 
climate.  
• SI 62552 Part 2 specifies performance requirements, adopts the International 
Standard  IEC 62552 -2 - Edition 1.0: 2015-02 and includes the following 
significant technical changes:  
o Adds chapter 7 dealing with  Cooling capacity;  
o Adds Annex A dealing with Pull -down test;  
o Adds Annex B dealing with wine storage appliances.  
• SI 62552 Part 3 specifies energy consumption and v olume requirements, adopts 
the International Standard  IEC 62552 -3 - Edition 1.0: 2015 -02 and includes the 
following significant technical changes:  
o Rewrites and expends a few energy consumption aspects;  
o Adds energy efficiency test for different conditions;  
o Adds energy efficiency test for  wine storage appliances;  
o Changes the volume measurement o be the total internal volume with 
only components necessary for the satisfactory operation of the 
refrigeration system considered as being in place.  
o Deletes the shel f area and storage volume measurement methods.  
Both the old standard and this new revised standard will apply from entry into force of 
this revision until 24 February 2023. During this time products may be tested according 
to the old or the new revised standards.  
All sections and requirements of all revised standards will be mandatory after entry into 
force.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant doc uments:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 62552  (September 2014);  
• International Standard  IEC 62552 -1 - Edition 1.0: 2015 -02; 
• International Standard  IEC 62552 -2 - Edition 1.0: 2015 -02; 
• International Standard  IEC 62552 -3 - Edition 1.0: 2015 -02. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not before 24 February 2021.  
Both the old standard and this new revised standard will apply from entry into force of 
this revision until 24 February 2023. During this time produ cts may be tested according 
to the old or the new revised standards.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_5967_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_5967_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_5967_02_x.pdf