G/TBT/N/ISR/1296  
20 November 2023  
(23-7787) 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) 74 7502236  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@service.economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Commercial refrigerating appliances and ice -makers   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 900 part 2.89 
- Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for 
commercial refrigerating appliances and ice -makers with an incorporated or remote 
refrigerant unit or motor -compressor; (60 page(s), in English), (9 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the existing Israel Standard, SI 900 part 
2.89, dealing with commercial refrigerating appliances and ice -makers, shall be d eclared 
mandatory. This declaration aligns with the mandatory standardization objective to 
protect human safety.  
This standard adopts the International Standard IEC 60335 -2-89 Edition 3.0: 2019 -06. 
The standard's Hebrew section includes the following natio nal deviations:  
1. Changes the references to the International Standard IEC 60335 -1 and applies 
instead Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 (General national remark);  
2. Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);  
3. Adds a new paragraph 22.201 dealing with refrigerants;  
4. Adds a new paragraph 201 dealing with rated values and applies Israel's 
Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  
5. Adds a new paragraph 202 dealing with EMC and applies Israel's Mandatory 
Standard SI 900 part 1, where ap plicable;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1296  
 
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  6. Adds a new paragraph 203 dealing with the noise level and applies Israel's 
Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 instead, where applicable. The requirements 
of this section will remain voluntary.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of ur gent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.89 (March 2021);  
• International Standard IEC 60335 -2-89 Edition 3.0: 2019 -06. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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  
Email: Yael.Friedgut@Service.economy.gov.il  
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