G/TBT/N/ISR/1038  
 
10 April 2019  
(19-2306) 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):  Portable 
fire extinguishers; (HS: 842410); (ICS: 13.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 66 - Portable 
fire extinguishers, foam or water or wet chemical stored pressure type: Extinguisher 
(21 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 66, dealing with portable 
fire extinguishers.  The major differences between t he old version and this new revised 
draft standard are as follow:  
• Changes the values from N to Kg;  
• Expends the standard's scope to include also wet chemical extinguishers;  
• Changes the requirements for e xtinguishing material and the discharge gas 
(paragraph  2.2); 
• Deletes paragraph 1.5 dealing with compliance ; 
• Adds new requirements for the container and the container's joints 
(paragraphs  3.2.2 and 3.2.3);  
• Removes most of the requirements for the thread of the head and the thread of 
the container (paragraph 3.7.4);  
• Adds new requirements to the v ibration resistance test methods (paragraph  4.8); 
• Changes the pressure for testing the  strength of bushing thread 
(paragraph  4.11);  
• Deletes paragraph 3.13.5.1 dealing with threads;  G/TBT/N/ISR/1038  
 
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  • Amends paragraph 2.1 dealing with marking and changes the width of the white 
strip and the size of the letters on it.   
Both the old standard and this new revised standard will apply from the entry into force 
of the new edition for a period of 12 months. During this time product may be test ed 
according to the old or the new revised standard.  
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 66  (July 1999)  
• Amendment  1 (August 2010)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Both the old standard and this new revised standard 
will apply from the entry into force of the new edition for a period of 12 months. During 
this time prod uct may be tested according to the old or the new revised standard.  
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_2034_00_x.pdf