G/TBT/N/ISR/792  
 
11 April 2014  
(14-2254)  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 [   ], 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): Heat 
pumps for heating water -- Compression type units whose condensers are heat 
exchangers (HS 841861);  Heat pumps (ICS 27.080) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy Source 
Regulations - Energy efficiency, Labelling and Energy Classes of Heat Pumps for Heating 
Water, 2013 (7 pages, in Hebrew).     
6. Description of content:  New draft regulations announced by Israel's Ministry of Energy 
and Water Resources called "Energy source regulations (Energy efficiency, Labelling and Energy Classes of Heat Pumps for Heating Water) 5774-2013". These regulations prohibit the importation, production, sale and marketing of heat pumps for heating water that are 
not in compliance with the minimal coefficient of performance (COP). Annex C lists the 
energetic classes for heat pumps according to an efficiency coefficient and requires that appliances should be tested by an Approved Laboratory. In addition, it requires that the 
pump should bear an energy label, which includes important information for pump users. 
The rationale behind these new regulations is to encourage installation and use of heat 
pumps, for water heating instead of regular water heaters in high buildings where solar 
heating is impossible, in order to reduce electricity consumption and encourage energy 
efficiency at the national level. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment 
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Energy Source Regulations (Energy efficiency, Labelling 
and Energy Classes of Heat Pumps for Heating Water), 5774-2013.   G/TBT/N/ISR/792 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined The entry into force of these regulations will be 3 months after publication in Israel 
Official Gazette. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from 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:  Draft 
Energy Source Regulations (Energy efficiency, Labelling and Energy Classes of Heat 
Pumps for Heating Water), 5774-2013 (Hebrew): 
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/EnergySourceRegulations-
HeatPumpsforWaterHeating.pdf