G/TBT/N/ISR/907/Rev.1  
7 January 2020  
(20-0071) 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):  Pepper 
(Piper nigrum L.); (HS: 0904); (ICS: 67.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 959 part 1 - 
Pepper (Piper nigrum L.), whole or ground - Specification: White pepper (7 pages in 
Hebrew and 27 pages in English); SI 959 part 2 - Pepper (Piper nigrum L.), whole or 
ground - Specification: Black pepper (7 pages in Hebr ew and 23 pages in English).  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 408, dealing with Pepper 
(Piper nigrum L.), to be replaced with SI 959 parts 1 and 2.  These new draft standard 
revisions adopts the International Standards ISO 9 59-1 - Second edition: 1998 -05-15 and 
the International Standards ISO 959 -2 - Second edition: 1998 -05-15, accordingly and 
therefore are significantly different from the old standard.   The major differences between 
the old version and these new revised draf t standards are as follow:  
• Divides the standards to two parts dealing with white and black pepper 
separately;  
• Adds references to Israel national laws, regulations and official documents;  
• Deletes the paragraph 106 dealing with compliance;  
All the requiremen ts of these new draft standards will be mandatory after publication in 
Israel's Official Gazette.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety   G/TBT/N/  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  408 (July 1981);  
• International Standards ISO 959 -1 - Second edition: 1998 -05-15; 
• International Standards ISO 959 -2 - Second editio n: 1998 -05-15.  
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 [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_0081_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_0081_01_x.pdf