G/TBT/N/ISR/1219  
26 August 2021  
(21-6451) 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 Standards Law, 5713 -1954, 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 (5 pages in Hebrew, out of 70 pages . 
Please see Section 2 on pages 14 -18, and for its entry into force, see Section 3 on page 
18). 
6. Description of content:  Draft amendment of Israel's Standards Law incorporated into 
Israel's Economic Policy Law (Legislation Amendments for the Implementat ion of the 
Economic Policy for Budget years 2021 and 2022), 5781 -2021, Chapter _: Imports, 
Sections 2 and 3, published by the Ministry of Finance.  
Israel's Economic Policy Law is a government bill presented to the Knesset (Israel's 
parliament) alongside th e 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  Standards Law  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.  
The notified draft amendment expands the Commissioner of Standardization's supervision 
and enforcement authorities in performing post -market surveillance.  
The amendment should be approved before 4 November 2021, together with Israel's 
National Budget for the years 2021 -2022.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1219  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and  facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  Standards Law, 5713 -1954.  
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 of 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 Standards Law, plea se see Section 2 on pages 14 -18, 
and for its entry into force, see Section 3 on page 18:  
 
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