G/TBT/N/ISR/1098  
4 December 2019  
(19-8346) 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 Enqu iry 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 CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Dishwashers; (HS: 842211); (ICS: 13.120, 97.040.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified doc ument:  SI 900 part 2.5 - 
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for 
dishwashers (24 page(s), in English; 12 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard, SI 900 part  2.5, dealing 
with dishwashers. This draft standard revision adopts the International Standard 
IEC 60335 -2-5 - Edition 6.0: 2012 -11 and Amendment 1: Edition 6.0:  2018-02. The 
standard's Hebrew section includes the following national deviations:  
1.  Changes the references to the International Standard IEC 60335 -1 and applies 
instead Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 (General national remark);  
2.  Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);  
3.  Adds new paragraphs 7.201 through 7.205  and Drawing 201 that inc ludes new 
marking and instruction requirements;  
4.  Adds a new paragraph 10.201  dealing with the energy efficiency;  
5.  Adds a new paragraph 10.202  dealing with the washing quality;  
6.  Adds a new paragraph 10.203  dealing with the drying quality;  
7.  Adds a new paragr aph 201 dealing with the rated values, where applicable;  
8.  Adds a new paragraph 202 dealing with EMC and applies Israel's Mandatory 
Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  
9.  Adds a new paragraph 203 dealing with noise level and applies instead Israel's 
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  10. Adds a new paragraph 204 dealing with energy consumption, water consumption, 
washing quality and drying quality - complying to manufacturer declaration;  
11. Adds a new paragraph 204 dealing with power consumptio n in standby mode.  
After the entry into force of this  new revised standard all section will be mandatory except 
10.202, 10.203, and in section 204 the part dealing with washing quality and drying 
quality.  
Both the old standard and the new revised standard will apply from entry force until 
1 February 2021.  
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 2.5  (November 2015);  
•  International Standard IEC 60335 -2-5 - Edition 6.0: 2012 -11 and Amendment 1: 
Edition 6.0:  2018-02. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Both the old standard and the new revised standard 
will apply from entry force of the new standard until 1 February 2021.  
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_6898_00_x.pdf