G/TBT/N/ISR/1166  
26 August 2020  
(20-5834) 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):  Wheeled 
child conveyances; Baby strollers; Baby carriages.; (HS: 8715 ); (ICS: 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 1888 Part 1 
- Child care articles - Wheeled child conveyances: Pushchairs and prams (7 pages in 
Hebrew, 111 pages in English); SI 1888 Part 2 - Child care articles - Wheeled child 
conveyances: Pushchairs for chi ldren above 15 kg up to 22 kg (5 pages in Hebrew, 11 
pages in English).  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1888, dealing with 
wheeled child conveyances, to be replaced with SI 1888 parts 1 and 2.  These draft 
standard revision s divide the old standard's scope between part 1 that deals with 
pushchairs and prams and part 2 that deals with pushchairs for children above 15 kg up 
to 22 kg. These new parts  adopt the following International Standards, with a few changes 
that appear in  the standard's Hebrew section:  
• SI 1888 Part 1 adopts the European Standard  EN 1888 -1: December 2018;  
• SI 1888 Part 2 adopts the European Standard  EN 1888 -2: December 2018.  
Both the old standard and these new revised standards will apply from the entry into force 
of this revision for a period of 6 months. During this time, products may be tested 
according to the old or the new revised standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human heal th or safety  G/TBT/N/ISR/1166  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 1888  (November 2015) and Amendment no. 1 
(October 2019);  
• European Standard  EN 1888 -1: December 2018;  
• European Standard  EN 1888 -2: December 2018.  
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.  
Both the old standard and these new revised standards will apply from the entry into 
force of this revision for a period of 6 months. During this time, products may be tested 
according to the old or the new revised standard.  
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/2020/TBT/ISR/20_5126_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/ISR/20_5126_01_x.pdf