G/TBT/N/ISR/1218  
26 August 2021  
(21-6449) 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):  Food in 
general (ICS: 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment of 
the Protection of Public Health Law (Food) 5775 -2015, incorporated into Israel's Economic 
Policy Law (Legislation Amendments for the Implementation of the Economic Policy for 
Budget Years 2021 and 2022), 5781 -2021, Chapter _: Imports (12 pages in Hebrew, out  
of 70 pages. Please see Section 7 on pages 24 -38, and for its entry into force see Section 
8 on page 38).  
6. Description of content:  Draft amendment of the Protection of Public Health Law (Food) 
incorporated into Israel's Economic Policy Law (Legislation  Amendments for the 
Implementation of the Economic Policy for Budget years 2021 and 2022), 5781 -2021, 
Chapter _: Imports, published by the Ministry of Finance.  
Israel's Economic Policy Law is a government bill presented to the Knesset (Israel's 
parliament)  alongside the State Budget Law. This legislation incorporates government 
legislative amendments for structural, institutional,  and policy reforms necessary to fulfil 
its economic policy. The Economic Policy Law devotes a separate section to 
the Protection  of Public Health (Food) Law  and introduces an amendment aiming to 
reduce the cost of living by facilitating the flow of imported goods into Israel.  
The notified amendment adds a new import route that allows for the importation of food 
products that meet EU regulations to be based on an importer's Declaration of Conformity, 
with a few exceptions as detailed in Annex 13 (pages 37 -38). It is also required that the 
imported product be marketed in at least one EU member state.  
The notified draft amendment  should be approved before 4 November 2021, together 
with Israel's National Budget for the years 2021 -2022.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1218  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant d ocuments:  Protection of Public Health Law (Food) 5775 -2015 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  By 4 November 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2023 ; The Minister of Health will have 
the authority to postpone the said date once only, for a period of nine months, if the 
necessary enforcement preparations have not been completed.  
Section 7(4) dealing with GMP shall enter into force on 1 August 2026.  
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   
For the draft amendment of Protection of Public Health Law (Food), see Section 7 on 
pages 24 -38, and for its entry into force, see Section 8 on page 38:  
 
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