G/TBT/N/ISR/1124  
20 April 2020  
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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 [   ], 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):  Processed 
tomato concentrates; (HS: 2002); (ICS: 67.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the noti fied document:  SI 41 - Processed 
tomato concentrates (7 page(s), in English; 18 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 41, dealing with 
processed tomato concentrates. This draft standard revision adopts the Co dex Standard 
57: 1981, Revised in 2007, and 2017, with a few minor changes that appear in the 
standard's Hebrew section.  
All sections in this standard will be compulsory after the entry into force of this new 
revision.  
An older edition of SI 41 (May 1991) is still in effect under a transition period with the 
current edition (August 2019) until 17 November 2021. Should this revision be published 
before that date, then, Both the old standards and this new revised standard will apply 
from entry into forc e until 17 November 2021. During this time, products may be tested 
according to all three standard editions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  41 (May 1991);  
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  41 (August 2019);  
• Codex Standard 57: 1981, Adopted 1981 and Revised in 2007 and 2017.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1124  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after publication in Israel Official Gazette, 
Section of Government Notices.  
An older edition of SI 41 (May 1991) is still in effect under a transition period with the 
current edition (August 2019) until 17 November 2021. Should this revision be published 
before that date, then, Both the old standards and this new revised standard will apply 
from entry into force until 17 November 2021. During this time, products may be tested 
according to all three standard editions.  
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_2799_00_e.pdf