G/TBT/N/ISR/671  
 
23 April 2013  
(13-2121)  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@moital.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):  
Hydrochloric acid (HS: 2806.10; ICS: 71.100.80). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Chemicals used 
for treatment of water intended for human consumption: Hydrochloric acid (9 pages in 
Hebrew, and 32 pages in English).     G/TBT/N/ISR/671 
 
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6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard  SI 5438 part 1. This draft 
standard revision adopts the European Standa rd EN 939: January 20 09, with the following 
changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section:  
- Changes the normative references in paragraph 2; - Adds to paragraph 4 dealing with visual appearance, sub-paragraph 4.1.a - visual 
appearance;  
- Changes paragraph 4.2 dealing with the composition of commercial product; - Deletes the column dealing with chemical parameters from Table 5 of paragraph 
4.4; 
- Adds to paragraph 5.1 dealing with sampling the following sub-paragraphs: 5.1.1 - 
sampling from tanks and tankers; 5.1.1.1 - sampling from shuffled tanks and 5.1.1.2 - sampling from non-shuffled tanks; 
- Allows for additional acceptable test methods in paragraph 5.2 dealing with analysis; 
 
- Adds to paragraph 6 dealing with labelling, transportation and storage a 
requirement to comply also with Israel Mandatory Standard SI 2302 parts 1 and 2; 
- Adds to paragraph 6.1, dealing with transportation in tankers, a requirement to 
comply also with Israel Standard 819 part 4; 
- Adds to paragraph 6.2, dealing with risk and safety labelling according to EU 
directives, a requirement to label packages; 
- Changes the requirements of paragraph 6.4 dealing with marking; - Changes Annex A (normative) dealing with general information on hydrochloric acid; - Changes Annex B dealing with the general ru les relating to safety, to B.1 (normative 
annex) - Rules for safe handling and use and B.2 (informative annex) - Emergency 
procedure, including a change in annex B.2.2 dealing with spillage; 
- Replaces the reference to Israel National Health Regulations (sanitation of drinking 
water) in the bibliography. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health and lowering of trade barriers.  
8. Relevant documents:   ƒ 
- Israel Mandatory Standard SI 5438 part 1 (August 2003); 
- European Standard EN 939: January 2009. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined Generally 60 days after publication in Israel 
Official Gazette, Section of Government Notices. 
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:   
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI5438Part1.pdf