G/TBT/N/ISR/1309  
26 January 2024  
(24-0565) 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 [X], 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):  Refillable 
seamless aluminium alloy gas cylinders (HS code(s): 7311); (ICS code(s): 23.020.35)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 5198 - 
Refillable seamless aluminium alloy gas cylinders – Design, construction and testing; (6 
page(s), in Hebrew), (95 page(s), in Englis h) 
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the existing Israel Standard, SI 5198, shall 
be declared mandatory. This declaration aligns with the mandatory standardization 
objective to protect public safety.  
The standard specifies minimum requirement s for the material, design, construction and 
workmanship, manufacturing processes, and tests at the time of manufacture of refillable 
seamless aluminium alloy gas cylinders of water capacities up to and including 150 liters 
for compressed, liquefied, and d issolved gases.  
This standard adopts the following standards with a few necessary national deviations 
that appear in the standard's Hebrew section and allows for compliance with either:  
• International Standard ISO 7866 – Second edition: 2012 -09-01, including 
Technical Corrigendum 1: 2014 -04-15 and Amendment 1: 2020 -12; 
• American Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 49 CFR Ch. I (December 13, 2019) 
Part 178 - §178.35, §178.46, §178.69, §178.70, §178.71.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/ISR/1309  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI 5198 (July 2022);  
• International Standard ISO 7866 – Second edition: 2012 -09-01, including 
Technical Corrigendum 1: 2014 -04-15 and Amendment 1: 2020 -12; 
• American Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 49 CFR Ch. I (December 13, 2019) 
Part 178 - §178.35, §178.46, §178.69, §178.70, §178.71.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The declaration will enter into force six months 
after publication in Israel's Official Gazette, Section of Government Notices . 
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@service.economy.gov.il  
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