G/TBT/N/ISR/1216  
26 August 2021  
(21-6447) 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):  
Commodities subject to mandatory standards  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment of 
the Import and Export Ordinance [new version], 5739 -1979, 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 pag es in 
Hebrew, out of 63 pages. Please see Section 1 on pages 4 -14, and for its entry into force 
see Section 3 on page 18).  
6. Description of content:  Draft amendment of the Import and Export Ordinance 
incorporated into Israel's Economic Policy Law (Legisl ation Amendments for the 
Implementation of the Economic Policy for Budget years 2021 and 2022), 5781 -2021, 
Chapter _: Imports, Section 1, published by the Ministry of Finance.  
Israel's Economic Policy Law is a government bill presented to the Knesset (Isra el's 
parliament) alongside the State Budget Law. This legislation incorporates government 
legislative amendments for structural, institutional, and policy reforms necessary for the 
government to fulfil its economic policy. The Economic Policy Law devotes a  separate 
section to Israel's  Import and Export Ordinance  and introduces an amendment aiming 
to reduce the cost of living by facilitating the flow of imported goods into Israel.  
The notified draft amendment creates a new import regime that allows the import of 
commodities complying with International Standards, which were adopted as Israeli 
standards, to be based on an importer's declaration of conformity.  
This new import regime does not apply to the following products:   
Hydraulic lifting equipment, pr essure equipment and accessories, appliances using 
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG cooking gas), gas cylinders, pressure regulators, gas 
valves, gas meters, gas piping, and other gas appliances.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1216  
 
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  The notified draft amendment should be approved before 4 Novembe r 2021, together 
with Israel's National Budget for the years 2021 -2022.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  The Import and Export Ordinance [new version], 5739 -1979 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  By 4 November 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 June 2022 ; The Minister of Economy and Industry 
will have the authority to postpone the said date one time only, for a period o f nine 
months, if the necessary enforcement preparations have not been completed.  
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 the Import and Export O rdinance, please see Section 1 on 
pages 4 -14, and for its entry into force, see Section 3 on page 18:  
 
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