G/TBT/N/ISR/1114  
1 April 2020  
(20-2615) 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):  Domestic 
heaters burning solid fuel; (HS: 8416); (ICS: 97.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of th e notified document:  SI 1368 Part 1 - 
Domestic heaters burning solid fuel: Heater (115 page(s), in English; 11 page(s), in 
Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the existing Israel Standard, SI  1368 
part 1, dealing with domestic heaters b urning solid fuel, shall be declared mandatory. This 
declaration is in -line with the mandatory standardization objective to protect the 
environment.  
This standard adopts the European Standards EN 13229: June 2001  and EN 13240: June 
2001,  including all thei r amendments until 2007. It includes a few  changes and national 
deviations  that appear in the standard's Hebrew section as follows:  
A. Changes to chapter A - Compliance with the European Standard EN 13229, applying to 
inset appliances, including open fires fired by solid fuels:  
• Deletes the words "for type testing" appearing in the third line of the standard's 
scope;  
• Changes the normative references (section 2);  
• Adds a new paragraph 7.2 detailing new installation instructions;  
• Changes the marking requir ements (section 8).  
B. Changes to chapter  B - Compliance with the European Standard EN 13240, applying to 
room heaters fired by solid fuel:  
• Deletes the words "for type testing" appearing in the third line of the standard's 
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  • Changes the normative refe rences (section 2);  
• Adds a new paragraph 7.2 detailing new installation instructions;  
• Changes the marking requirements (section 8).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI 1368 part 1 (May 2012);  
• European Standard EN 13229: June 2001  including all its amendments until 2007;  
• European Standard EN 13240: June 2001  including all its amendments until 2007.  
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_2285_00_x.pdf