G/TBT/N/ISR/790  
 
7 April 2014  
(14-2155)  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 telephon e 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 
Tel.:  + (972) 3 7347502 Fax:  + (972) 3 7347626 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): All products 
subject to mandatory standards 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Standards Law 
5713-1953 (23 pages, in Hebrew).     
6. Description of content:  10th amendment to Israel Standards Law 5713-1953 
published in Israel Official Gazette no. 2410 on 31 October 2013. This amendment is 
introduced in order to reduce the financial burden placed on the public, by encouraging 
competition, mainly in domestic and imported consumer goods, reducing bureaucracy and improving the free flow of goods to the ma rkets of Israel. It offers the following: 
- Adds new definitions (paragraph 1); 
- Increases the adoption of international standards and determines that any revision 
 introduced into an adopted international standard should be followed with an  immediate revision of the relevant Is rael standard (paragraphs 2 through 15); 
- Increases market surveillance and enforcem ent abilities and responsibilities of the 
 regulator performed on products that are subject to mandatory standards  (paragraphs 16 through 22); 
- Updates Israel import policy for products subject to mandatory standards and 
 liberalizes the free flow of goods (paragraphs 23 through 31). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   Israel Standards Law 5713-1953 and its 9 previous amendments  G/TBT/N/ISR/790 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Published on 31 October 2013 1 May 2014 entry into force of paragraphs 9, 10a, 10b, 10c and chapter I of the main law 
(detailed in paragraphs 8, 11 and 16 of this 
amendment). This date may be postponed for up to 6 months, given the consent of the 
Ministers of Economy and of Finance, if the 
enforcement system has not entered into effect. All other paragraphs entered into 
force on 1 January 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:   The 10th 
Amendment to the Standards Law: 
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/10AmdtoStanadardsLaw.pdf  
The 10th Amendment to the Standards Law - Explanations: 
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/10AmdtoStanadardsLaw-Explanations.pdf  
Combined edition of Standards Law (original law and all its amendments already in effect. 
Please note that the changes that are scheduled to  enter into force in May 2014 do not yet appear in this edition): 
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/StandardsLaw-CombinedEdition.pdf