G/TBT/N/ISR/1128  
22 April 2020  
(20-3194) 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 Enqu iry 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 [X], 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):  Bicycles; 
(HS: 8712); (ICS: 43.150)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 4210 p art 1 
- Cycles: Safety requirements for bicycles - Terms and definitions (5 pages in Hebrew and 
11 pages in English); SI 4210 part 2 - Cycles: Safety requirements for bicycles - 
Requirements for city and trekking, young adult, mountain and racing bicycles (9 pages 
in Hebrew and 40 pages in English); SI 4210 part 3 - Cycles: Safety requirements for 
bicycles - Common test methods (5 pages in Hebrew and 15 pages in English); SI 4210 
part 4 - Cycles: Safety requirements for bicycles - Braking test methods (5 pa ges in 
Hebrew and 35 pages in English); SI 4210 part 5 - Cycles: Safety requirements for 
bicycles - Steering test methods (5 pages in Hebrew and 18 pages in English); SI 4210 
part 6 - Cycles: Safety requirements for bicycles - Frame and fork test methods ( 5 pages 
in Hebrew and 31 pages in English); SI 4210 part 7 - Cycles: Safety requirements for 
bicycles - Wheels and rims test methods (5 pages in Hebrew and 13 pages in English); 
SI 4210 part 8 - Cycles: Safety requirements for bicycles - Pedal and drive sy stem test 
methods (5 pages in Hebrew and 15 pages in English); SI 4210 part 9 - Cycles: Safety 
requirements for bicycles - Saddles and seat -post test methods (5 pages in Hebrew and 
12 pages in English).  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the e xisting partially Mandatory Standards, 
SI 4210 parts 1 through 9, dealing with bicycles, shall be declared mandatory also relating 
to mountain bicycles. This declaration is in -line with the mandatory standardization 
objective to protect human safety.  
Till now, the mandatory requirements applied only to city and trekking bicycles, and to 
bicycles designed for young adults. In this declaration, the Commissioner of 
Standardization recommends declaring that also the requirements for mountain bicycles 
shall be c ompulsory.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1128  
 
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  After the entry into force of this declaration, all types of bicycles covered by the 
mandatory requirements of these standards shall be classified under Israel's Import 
Group no. 3, i.e., these types of bicycles will be considered as a commodity with a low 
level of danger. Therefore, only a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) is required 
for releasing these goods from customs.  
The Mandatory Standards, SI 4210 parts 1 through 9 adopt respectively the International 
Standards ISO 42 10 parts 1 -9 - First edition: 2014 -07-01 with a few changes and national 
deviations that appear in each standard's Hebrew section.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating 
trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 1 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 2 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 3 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 4 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 5 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 6 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 7 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 8 (April 2019);  
• Israel Standard SI 4210  part 9 (April 2019);  
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -1 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -2 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -3 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -4 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -5 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -6 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -7 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -8 - First edition:2014 -07-01; 
• International Standard  ISO 4210 -9 - First edition:2014 -07-01. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Generally, 60 days after publication in Israel 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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_2849_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_2849_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_2849_02_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_2849_03_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_2849_04_x.pdf