G/TBT/N/ISR/725  
 
3 December 2013  
(13-6595)  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):  
Refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice makers; Domestic refrigerating 
appliances (ICS 97.040.30); refrigerators, fr eezers and other refrigerating or freezing 
equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15 (HS 8418). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 900 
Part 2.24: Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice makers (11 pages in Hebrew and 
58 pages in English). 
SI 62552:  Household refrigerating appliances - Characteristics and test methods (5 pages 
in Hebrew and 67 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  Revision of the partially Mandatory Standard SI 721 to be 
replaced by SI 900 part 2.24 and by SI 62552. The original standard, SI 721, had 2 
chapters: chapter A which adopted the international standard IEC 60335-2-24 and chapter 
B which adopted the international standard  ISO 15502 (both from 2005). This draft 
standard revision divides the 2 chapters into 2 different standards as follows: SI 900 part 
2.24 (replaces chapter A) and adopts the International Standard IEC 60335-2-24 - 
Edition 7.1: 2012-05 and SI 62552 (replaces chapter B) and adopts the International Standard IEC 62552 - Edition 1.0: 2007-12 (identical to ISO 15502) . 
The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standards are as 
follows: 
1. SI 900 part 2.24 introduces the following changes: 
- Adds to the standard's scope additi onal descriptions to clarify the term 
 "household and similar use"; 
- Adds new definitions to paragraph 3 dealing with terms and  definitions  (paragraphs 3.112 to 3.116); G/TBT/N/ISR/725 
 
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  - Updates the marking requirements for supply terminals of battery operated 
 appliances (paragraph 7); 
- Introduces requirements for appliances using trans-critical refrigerant 
 systems (paragraphs 7 and 22.103); 
- Introduces an enhanced flexing test (paragraph 22.107); - Clarifies tests for appliances using flammable refrigerants 
 (paragraph 2.111); 
- Introduces requirements for accessible glass panels (paragraph 22.116); - Adds new requirements for pressure release devices (paragraph 24.1.4); 
- Adds a requirement to comply also with Israel Energy Source Regulations 
 (Energy efficiency and energy consumption information for refrigerating  appliances) 5764-2004 and its updates (paragraph 7.201); 
- Adds a new paragraph 202 that applies also to paragraph 202 of the 
 mandatory standard SI 900 Part 1 dealing with electromagnetic 
 compatibility (EMC). 
2. SI 62552 introduces the following change: 
- Narrows the standard's scope to deal only with refrigerating appliances with 
  an inner volume of 70 to 1000 liters (dmc). 
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 721 (June 2008); 
- International standard IEC 60335-2-24 - Edition 7.1: 2012-05; - International standard IEC 62552 - Edition 1.0: 2007-12; 
- Israel Energy Source Regulations (Energy efficiency and energy consumption 
information for refrigerating appliances) 5764-2004; 
- Israel mandatory standard SI 900 part 1 (August 2005). 
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 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/SI900Part2-24.pdf  
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI62552.pdf