G/TBT/N/ISR/1332/Rev.1  
8 April 2024  
(24-2944) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 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 fro m above:   
Israel WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 74 7502236  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@service.economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food 
products in general (ICS code(s): 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Protection of 
Public Health Law (Food) (Amendment No. 9 and Temporary Provisions) (Expanding the 
Adoption of European law and its streamlining, and removing barriers to importing food 
through the European compliance route), 5784 -2024; (48 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The Israeli Parliament (The Knesset) approved the proposed 
amendment to the 'Protection of Public Health Law (Food) (Amendment No. 9 and 
Temporary Provisions) (Expanding the Adoption of European law and its streamlining and 
removing barriers to importing food through the European compliance route), 5784 -2024' 
in the first reading. This amendment promotes and extends the food reform implement ed 
in 2021, which aims to reduce the cost of living and is based on the European model.  
The major changes introduced in this amendment are as follows:  
1. Simplifies and streamlines the procedures for updating changes in European law 
and delegates the updating authority to the Food Service Director;  
2. Adopts an additional 24 European food Directives and Regulations, including food 
labeling, food additives, and substances that come into contact with food, and 
creates harmonization and compatibility between  Israeli and European food safety 
legislation (detailed in the Second Annex A) and details all the exclusions in 
Second Annex B;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1332/Rev.1  
 
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  3. Promotes significant ease to the importation of food marketed in the EU for 
Authorized Economic Operator AEO ("Appropriate Impo rter");  
4. Extends the obligation to manage a self -safety system to all food distributors. This 
requirement is necessary to regulate food labeling similar to that in Europe, 
especially for labeling foods that cause allergy or intolerance.  
7. Objective and ra tionale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving 
and productivity enhancement   
8. Relevant documents:   
• Protection of Public Health Law (Food) 5775 -2015 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2026  
10. Final date for comments:  24 May 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/ISR/24_02478_00_x.pdf