G/TBT/N/ISR/1097/Rev.1  
 
1 December 2020  
(20-8638) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 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) 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):  Electrical 
storage water heaters; (HS: 851610); (ICS: 91.140.65)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
SI 69 - Household and similar electrical appliances: Storage water heaters - General and 
performance requirements (44 Pa ges in English);  
SI 900 part 2.21 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular 
requirements for storage water heaters (12 pages in Hebrew, 30 Pages in English).  
6. Description of content:  This notification revision notifies new draft standards replacing 
the draft texts in G/TBT/N/ISR/1097 (2 December 2019).  
Revision of the Mandatory Standards SI 69 and SI 579 part 2, dealing with the electrical 
storage water heaters. These standards will b e replaced together with the following 
standards:  
1. SI 69 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Storage water heaters - 
General and performance requirements.  This draft standard revision in a national 
standard and includes the following changes fro m the previous edition:  
• Expends the standard's scope to 400 liters electrical storage water 
heaters;  
• Moves all electrical water heater safety requirements to Israel Standard 
SI 900 part 2.21;  
• Expends the types of permitted steels;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1097/Rev.1  
 
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  • Deletes the permit to use  copper water heaters;  
• Amends several safety requirements against shredding;  
• Moves the thermostat requirements to Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.21;  
• Removes the requirements for the re -heat test.  
2. SI 900 part 2.21 - Household and similar electrical appliance s - Safety: Particular 
requirements for storage water heaters. This standard adopts the International 
Standard IEC 60335 -2-21 - Edition 6.0: 2012 -11, with the following significant 
national deviations that appear in the standard's Hebrew section as follows :  
• Changes the references to the International Standard IEC 60335 -1 and 
applies instead Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 (General 
national remark);  
• Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);  
• Adds new marking and instructions requirements (par agraph 7);  
• Adds new construction requirements (paragraph 22);  
• Adds new components requirements (paragraph 24);  
• Adds new requirements to paragraph 25 dealing with supply connection 
and external flexible cords (paragraph 25.2.201);  
• Adds new requirements to p aragraph 27 dealing with the provision for 
earthing;  
• Adds to paragraph 32 dealing with radiation, toxicity, and similar hazards 
a requirement that the product shall also comply with the requirements 
of Israel Standard SI 5452;  
• Add and amends Figures 101 and 102;  
• Changes Annexes A and AA.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety   
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 69 (May 2012), Amendment no. 1 (June 2015), 
Amendment no. 2 (July 2018);  
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 579 part 2 (August 1997), Corrigendum No. 1 
(February 2014);  
• International Standard IEC 60335 -2-21 - Edition 6.0: 2012 -11. 
9. Propo sed 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 or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_7349_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_7349_01_x.pdf