G/TBT/N/ISR/1214  
16 July 2021  
(21-5626) 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) 74 750 2236  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 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):  Hazardous 
waste; (ICS: 13.020, 13.030, 13.060, 13.080, 13.300)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the n otified document:  Policy for 
Importing Hazardous waste (2 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  New draft policy announced by Israel's Ministry of 
Environmental Protection named "Policy for Importing Hazardous waste".  
The import of hazardous wast e into Israel has been regulated already since 1994 by the 
provisions of "The Hazardous Materials Order (Import and Export of Hazardous Waste), 
5744-1994". The regulations implement and ratify the principles of the Basel Convention 
and require a permit fro m the Commissioner for the export or import of hazardous waste, 
and thus effectively monitor the transboundary movements of hazardous waste and its 
disposal.   
The purpose of the notified policy is to outline the discretion of the Commissioner to grant 
an import permit for hazardous waste as follows:  
1. Providing full detailed information about the type, assembly, and manner of 
treatment of the imported hazardous waste.  
2. The treatment plant, that wishes to import waste, shall present all necessary 
permits for t he treatment of hazardous waste, including a toxic permit under 
the Hazardous Materials Law.  
3. Requires that the amount of hazardous waste, that remains or is created after 
recovery and transferred to landfill, shall not exceed 25% of the imported 
material.   G/TBT/N/ISR/1214  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• The Hazardous Materials Law 5743 -1993;  
• The Hazardous Materials Order (Import and Export of Hazardous Waste), 5744 -
1994;  
• The Basel Convention.  
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  
Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ISR/21_4724_00_x.pdf