G/TBT/N/ISR/1215  
26 August 2021  
(21-6446) 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):  The 
energy efficiency of electrical appliances  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amendment of 
the Energy Sources Law, 5749 -1989, 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 (6 pages in Hebrew, out of 70 pages. 
Please see Sections 4, 5 and 6 on pages 19 -24). 
6. Description of content:  Draft amendment of the Energy Sources Law 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, 
Sections 4, 5 and 6, 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 La w. 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  Energy Sources La w and introduces an amendment aiming to reduce 
the cost of living by facilitating the flow of imported goods into Israel.  
Section 4 of the notified draft amendment changes the import regime and allows the 
import of some electrical appliances that comply with the energy efficiency requirements 
applicable in the EU based on the importer's declaration of conformity.  It is also required 
that the imported product be marketed in at least one EU member state.  
Section 5 provides the proposed date of entry into force and Section 6 adds to the Law's 
first Annex a penalty for violating the new requirement.  
This amendment should be approved before 4 November 2021, together with Israel's 
National Budget for the years 2021 -2022.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1215  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, inclu ding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  The Energy Sources Law, 5750 -1989 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  By 4 November 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 June 2022 ; The Minister of Energy will have the 
authority to postpone the said date once only, for a period of nine months, if the necessary 
enforcement preparation has not been completed.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 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:   
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il   
For the draft amendment of the Energy Source Law, please see Sections 4, 5 and 6 on 
pages 19 -24: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ISR/21_5406_00_x.pdf