. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ISR/8 
18 May 2009  
 (09-2411) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Plant Protection and Inspection Service, Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Development, State of Israel 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Wood packaging materials 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Regulation no. 12 (Packaging mate rials) issued as part of 
the Regulations Concerning Plant Protection (Import of Plants, Plant Products, Pests and 
Regulated Articles) – 2009  Language:  Hebrew and English  Number of pages:  10 
6. Description of content:  All wooden packing material must be marked according to 
standard ISPM 15 of the IPPC.  In this matte r, wood packing material includes pallets and 
supporting beams. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)   International 
Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (I SPM) of International Plant Protection 
Convention.  There are no substantive deviations from the ISPMs.  
[   ] None G/SPS/N/ISR/8 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  The detailed 
text of the provisions of this regulation may be seen in the order, which is placed on the 
website http://www.ppis.moag.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/BFAAC1EB-EBBC-430D-BD31-
D92401EA691B/0/PlantImportRegula tions2009UnofficialTranslation.pdf  (available in 
Hebrew and English – unofficial translation). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  February 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 October 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ms. Yael Armitage, Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS), Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development, PO Box 78, Bet Degan 50250, Israel.  
Fax:  +(972) 3 968 1507 Email:  andiyael@moag.gov.il  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Available on internet http://www.ppis.moag.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/BFAAC1EB-EBBC-
430D-BD31-D92401EA691B/0/PlantImportRe gulations2009UnofficialTranslation.pdf