G/TBT/N/ISR/1064  
17 July 2019  
(19-4745) 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) 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 whe re applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Soft baby 
carrier; (HS: 630790); (ICS: 97.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 13209 part  2: 
Child use and  care articles - Baby carriers - Safety requirements and test methods: Soft 
carrier (31 page(s), in English; 8 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the existing standard, SI  13209 part  2, 
dealing with soft baby carrier, shall be declared mandatory. This declaration is inline with 
the mandatory standardization objective to protect human safety.  
This standard adopts both the Europea n Standard EN 13209 -2: December 2015 and the 
American Standard ASTM F2236 - 14 and allows compliance with either. The standard's 
Hebrew section includes the following national deviations:  
1. National deviations from the European Standard (EN):  
o Adds to the standard's scope a clarification that this standard does not apply 
to sling carriers, which are covered by SI 13209 part 3;  
o Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);  
o Deletes item a) of paragraph 10.3;  
o Adds to table A.1 of normative Annex A a new row with the warnings' Hebrew 
translation.  
2. National deviations from the American Standard (ASTM):  
o Adds to the standard's scope a clarification that this standard does not apply 
to sling carriers, which are covered by SI 13209 part 3;  
o Deletes from paragraph 1. 4 the standard's scope;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1064  
 
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  o Deletes from the standard's scope a few sentences in paragraph 1.6;  
o Adds to paragraph 8 a requirement that the warnings  shall be in Hebrew  and 
provides in the new normative Annex A an official translation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI  13209 part 1 (February 2016);  
• European Standard EN 13209 -2: December 2015;  
• American Standard ASTM F2236 - 14. 
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/cr nattachments/2019/TBT/ISR/19_3987_00_x.pdf