G/TBT/N/ISR/1083  
26 November 2019  
(19-8087) 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 [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):  Tumble 
dryers; (ICS: 13.120, 97.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 900 part 2.11 
- Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for tumble 
dryers (42 page(s), in English; 12 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the existing standard, SI 900 part  2.11, 
dealing with tumble dryers, shall be declared mandatory. This declaration is inline with 
the mandatory standardization objective to protect human safety.  
This standard adopts the International S tandard IEC 60335 -2-11- Edition 7.1: 2012 -10 
and Amendment 2: 2015 -11. The standard's Hebrew section includes the following 
national deviations:  
1. Changes the references to the International Standard IEC 60335 -1 and applies 
instead Israel's Mandatory Standar d SI 900 part 1 (General national remark);  
2. Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);  
3. Adds new national marking requirements in Hebrew  detailed in the new sub -
sections 7.201 -7.205;  
4. Adds a new national requirement  for energy consumption test detailed  in the new 
sub-section 10.201;  
5. Adds a new national requirement  for energy efficiency of different types of tumble 
dryers detailed in the new sub -sections 10.201.1 -10.202.2;  
6. Adds a new paragraph 201 dealing with rated values and applies Israel's 
Mandatory St andard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1083  
 
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  7. Adds a new paragraph 202 dealing with EMC and applies Israel's Mandatory 
Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  
8. Adds a new paragraph 203 dealing with the noise level and applies instead Israel's 
Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  
9. Adds a new paragraph 204 dealing with the power consumption in standby mode.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of hum an health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.11  (November 2017);  
• International Standard IEC 60335 -2-11- Edition 7.1: 2012 -10 and Amendment 
2: 2015 -11. 
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  
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/2019/TBT/ISR/19_6722_00_x.pdf