. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/343 
16 November 2009  
 (09-5673) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ISRAEL
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:    
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 Industry, Trade and Labor Tel: + (972) 3 5652700 Fax: + (972) 3 5652710 E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@moital.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):  Drinking water treatment 
systems for domestic use (ICS: 13.060. 20 and 97.040.50; HS: 8421.21, 8419.81 and 
8419.89). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Drinking water 
treatment systems for domestic use - Filtration and purification: Systems except reverse 
osmosis systems (22 pages in Hebrew).     
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard  SI 1505 part 1. Below please 
find the major changes included in this revised standard:  
• It Changes the classification mode described in paragraph 1.3 according to the purpose of 
the system. The method of cl assification was de termined according to American NSF 
standards and it differentiates between a system that reduces ingredients with negative 
aesthetic effects (described in NSF/ANSI 12), a system that reduces ingredients with negative 
health effects (described in NSF/ANSI 53) or  a system that reduces bacterial presence 
(microorganism concentrati on) in the drinking water; 
• Adds paragraph 1.4 dealing with standard compliance; • Changes paragraph 2.2 deali ng with manufacturer/distribut er declaration regarding the 
filtering and purification characteristics; 
• Amends the hydraulic tests described in paragraph 3.3; 
• Adds paragraph 3.4 dealing with the system's output; G/TBT/N/ISR/343 
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  • Changes paragraph 3.7 dealing with the system 's components that are in contact with water 
and applies Israel Standard SI 5452; 
• Changes paragraph 3.8 dealing with the effi ciency of the filtration and purification and 
applies Israel Standard SI 5452, as well as the above mentioned Amer ican NSF Standards. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health a nd lowering of trade barriers.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Mandatory Standard SI 1505 part 1 (July 1998); • American Standard NSF/ANSI 12; 
• American Standard NSF/ANSI 53; • American Standard NSF/ANSI 55.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    15 October 2009   
14 December 2009   
10. Final date for comments:  10 December 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body: