G/TBT/N/ISR/1097  
2 December 2019  
(19-8294) 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 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCC N where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Electrical 
storage water heaters; (HS: 851610); (ICS: 91.140.65)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  - SI 69 - 
Household and similar electrical appliances - Storage water heaters - General and 
performance requirements (44 pages in Hebrew); - SI 900 part 2.21 - Household and 
similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for storage water  heaters 
(14 pages in Hebrew and 30 pages in English).  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standards SI 69 and SI 579 part 2, 
dealing with the electrical storage water heaters. These standards will be replaced 
together with the following standards:  
1. SI 69 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Storage water hea ters - 
General and performance requirements.  
This draft standard revision in a national standard and  includes the following 
changes from the previous edition:  
o Expends the standard's scope to 400 liters electrical storage water 
heaters;  
o Moves all safety re quirements to Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.21;  
o Expends the types of permitted steels;  
o Removes the permit to use copper water heaters;  
o Amends the safety requirements against shredding;  
o Moves the thermostat requirements to Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.21;  
o Removes the requirements for the re -heat test.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1097  
 
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  2. SI 900 part 2.21 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: 
Particular requirements for storage water heaters.  
This standard adopts the International Standard IEC 60335 -2-21 - Edition 6.0: 
2012-11, with the following major national deviations that appear in the 
standard's Hebrew section:  
o Changes the references to the International Standard IEC 60335 -1 and 
applies instead Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 (General 
national remark);  
o Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);  
o Adds new marking and instructions requirements (paragraph 7);   
o Adds new construction requirements (paragraph 22);   
o Adds new components requirements (paragraph 24);   
o Adds new requirements to paragraph 25 dealing with supply connection 
and external flexible cords (paragraph 25.2.201);   
o Adds new requirements to paragraph 27 dealing with the provision for 
earthing;   
o Adds to paragraph 32 dealing with radiation, toxicity and similar hazards 
a requirement that the produ ct shall comply also with the requirements 
of Israel Standard SI 5452;  
o Add and amends Figures 101 and 102;  
o Changes Annexes A and AA and add a new national Annex "נספח א."  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 69 (May 2012), Amendment no. 1 (June 2015), 
Amendment no. 2 (July 2018);  
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 579 part 2 (August 1997),  Corrigendum  no. 1 
(February 2014);  
• International Standard IEC 60335 -2-21 - Edition 6.0: 2012 -11. 
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/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ISR/19_6867_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ISR/19_6867_01_x.pdf