G/TBT/N/ISR/1108  
5 March 2020  
(20-1748) 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 [   ], 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):  Lead 
content in taps for use with drinking water; (HS: 8481); (ICS: 91.140.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Standards Order 
(Exemption for compliance with Mandatory Standards) (1 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The voluntary standard SI 5452 dealing with testing of products 
for use in contact with drinking water was revised on 18 December 2016. This standard's 
edition added, among other requirements, a new limitation for the lead content in metal 
and plastic products in contact with drinking water and required that it shall not exceed 
0.25% (by weight). A transiti on period for the entry into force of these requirements was 
set to 1 March 2018 for plastic products and to 1 March 2020 for metallic products, 
including taps and water pipes.  
The notified Exemption Order applies to taps and taps parts for drinking water covered 
by the scope of Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 1317 and SI 1347. It differs between 
kitchen taps and bathroom taps and requires that the entry into force of the lead content 
requirement for kitchen taps will remain 1 March 2020.  
The exemption applies to bathroom taps and postpone the entry into force with additional 
4 months, until 30 June 2020.  
Other fixtures, detailed in section 1 of this exemption and bellow, are not intended for 
use with drinking water and therefore are exempt fro m complying with SI 5452 (according 
to section 5.1 of SI 1317 or to section 7.1 of SI 1347) until 1 March 2021, or until the 
Mandatory Standards SI 1317 and SI 1347 shall be revised, which ever comes first. The 
fixtures are as follows:  
• Concealed mixer valv e taps designed for baths or showers but not for kitchens;  
• Bath Fillers;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1108  
 
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  • Mixing valves combined with thermostat;  
• Automatic taps with a liquid flow control device (mechanic or electronic);  
• Specific washing machine taps;  
• Taps for concealed flush toilets.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 1317 - Single tap and co mbination tap (May 2007) 
and Amendment 1 (April 2019);  
• European Standard EN 200: 2004 (Adopted by Israel Mandatory Standard 
SI 1317);  
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 1347 - Mechanical mixing tap with a single handle 
(July 2006) and Amendment 1 (April 2019);   
• European Standard EN 817: 1997 (Adopted by Israel Mandatory Standard 
SI 1347);  
• Israel Standard SI 5452 - Testing of products for use in contact with drinking 
water (October 2016);  
• AS/NZS 4020: 2005 (Adopted by Israel Standard SI 5452);  
• NSF/ANSI 61 - 2015 (Adopted by Israel Standard SI 5452 as an alternative route 
of compliance).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 February 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  26 February 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  14 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] 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_1763_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto .org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_1763_01_x.pdf