G/TBT/N/ISR/1059  
12 July 2019  
(19-4641) 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 [  ], 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):  Electric 
drivers for shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment; HS: 392530, 6303, 63061; 
ICS: 91.060.50 . 
5. Title, number of pages and l anguage(s) of the notified document:  SI 900 part 2.97 
- Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for drives 
for shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment (24 page(s), in English; 8 page(s), in 
Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the existing standard, SI 900 part  2.97, 
dealing with electric drivers for  shutters, awnings, blinds and similar equipment, shall be 
declared mandatory. This declaration is inline with the mandatory standardizati on 
objective to protect human safety.  
This standard adopts the International Standard IEC 60335 -2-97 Edition 3.0: 2016 -04. 
The standard's Hebrew section includes the following national deviations:  
1. Changes the references to the International Standard IEC 60 335-1 and applies 
instead Israel's mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 (General national remark);  
2. Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);  
3. Adds a new paragraph 5.201 requiring that  the driven parts provided with the shutter 
and tested according to  paragraph 20.104.1 or paragraph 20.104.2, shall comply 
with at least one of these paragraphs;  
4. Adds a new paragraph 201 dealing with rated values and applies Israel's mandatory 
Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  
5. Adds a new paragraph 202 dealing with EMC and applies Israel's mandatory Standard 
SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1059  
 
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  6. Adds a new paragraph 203 dealing with the noise level and applies instead Israel's 
mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.97 (June 2017);  
• International Standard IEC 60335 -2-97 Edition 3.0: 2016 -04. 
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_3918_00_x.pdf