G/TBT/N/ISR/1188  
29 March 2021  
(21-2556) 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) 74 7502236  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Frozen 
green beans and frozen wax beans; (HS: 070820); (ICS: 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s)  of the notified document:  SI 877 Part 5 - 
Frozen vegetables and fruits: Frozen green beans and frozen wax beans (4 page(s), in 
English; 15 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 979 to be replaced with 
SI 877 part 5, dealing with the frozen green beans and frozen wax beans. This draft 
standard revision adopts the Annex on green beans and wax beans  of the Codex 
Alimentarius Standard CXS 320 -2015 (Revised in 2017), with a few changes and national 
deviations that  appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major changes introduced 
in this draft are as follows:  
• Changes the standard's scope and requires that frozen green beans and frozen 
wax beans intended for further processing or for industrial purposes will be 
subject only  to specific parameters relating to product safety and to the 
requirement for no foreign b odies in products;  
• Changes the microbiological provisions and requires to comply with Israel 
Mandatory Standard SI 877 part 1;  
• Changes the test methods;  
• Changes the defect examination method;  
• Adds a new sampling method.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1188  
 
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  Only the following sections of this proposed standard shall be mandatory after entry into 
force:  
• Section 2.1 - Composition;  
• Sub-section 2.2.1 - General requirements;  
• Section 3 - Food additives;  
• Section 4 - Labelling.  
Both the old standard and this new revised standard will apply for at least  two years from 
entry into force. During this transition period, should one choose to comply with  this new 
revision's  requirements, he must also comply with the new labeling requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 979  (October 1977);  
• Codex Alimentarius Standard CXS 320 -2015 (Revised in 2017).  
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 for at least two years from entry into force. During this transition period, should 
one choose to comply with this new revision's requirements, he must also comply with 
the new labeling require ments.  
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:   
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ISR/21_2281_00_x.p df