G/TBT/N/ISR/1003  
 
19 February 2018  
(18-1043) 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 [  ], 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): Protective 
clothing (HS: 61, 62, 63; ICS: 13.340.10)  
5. Title, number of p ages and language(s) of the notified document: SI 1258 part 4 - 
Protective clothing: High -visibility clothing - Test methods and requirements (40 page(s), 
in English; 7 page(s), in Hebrew)   
6. Description of content: Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1258 part 4, dealing with 
high-visibility clothing. This draft standard revision is an implementation of both the 
European Standard EN ISO 20471: March 2013 + A1: November 2016  and the American 
Standard ANSI/ISEA 107  - 2015, and allows compliance with either.  
The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as 
follows:  
1. Modifications introduced to the adopted European standard:  
o Requires that the sleeves of type 3 clothing should be long; 
o Facilitates the requirement for the material's strength;  
o Deletes the requirement for retroflective level 2;  
o Sterns the materials ageing test and requires that the background materials 
must be checked at the end of all cleaning cycles, as specified by the 
manufacturer;  
o Adds an informative annex dealing with the connecting between the standard 
and the applying European Directive;  
o Adopts the 2015 amendment to the European standard.  
2. Modifications introduced to the adopted  American standard:  G/TBT/N/ISR/1003  
 
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  o Merges the A merican Standard ANSI 207 dealing with public safety vests 
(PSV) into one American Standard, ANSI 107;  
o Adds to the standards scope another type of clothing, type O, intended to be 
used off roads;  
o Adds adaptations for clothing intended to be worn by short p eople;  
o Adds new accessories, such as: gloves, hand and leg strings, head gear, etc.  
The new revised standard will enter into force 6 months after publication in Israel Official 
Gazette.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Israel Mandatory Standard SI 1258  part 4  (September 2014);  
 European Standard EN ISO 20471: March 2013 + EN ISO 20471 2013/A1: 
November 2016;  
 American Standard ANSI/ISEA 107  - 2015.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months 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:   
http://www.economy.gov.il/standartization/WTO_TBT/ISR_Text/SI1258Part4_Sep17.pdf