G/TBT/N/ISR/1269  
26 July 2022  
(22-5625) 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 Enqu iry Point  
Ministry of Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 74 750 2236  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Olive oil 
(HS code(s): 1509); (ICS code(s): 67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of t he notified document:  SI 191 - Olive 
oil; (7 page(s), in Hebrew), (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 191 dealing with olive 
oil. This standard adopts the International Olive Council's document COI/T.1 5/NC No 3/ 
Rev.15: November 2019 called "Trade Standard Applying to Olive Oils and Olive Pomace 
Oils" with a few changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major 
differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follow:  
• Removes from the Hebrew section a few national deviations relating to the 
"median of defect" in refined and mixed olive oils;  
• Deletes remark b from section 10.1.4, which required that "where the source of 
the olive oil in not from the European Union but is traded by them, it shall be 
marked by the country where the olives are grown";  
• Updates the marking requirements detailed in section 10.3 to fit also the 
requirements of the Mandatory Standard SI 1145 "Labelling of pre -packaged 
food";  
• Updates the references to more advanced test methods in sections 11.4 and 
11.12;  
• Adds to Annex 1 a reference to lighting oil.  
All sections and sub -sections of the new revised standard will be announced mandatory.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1269  
 
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  Both the old standard and the new revised s tandard will apply for at least two years from 
the entry into force of the notified revision. During this time products may be tested 
according to either.  
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 191 (November 2016);  
• International Olive Oil Council's document COI/T.15/NC No 3/ Rev.15: November 
2019.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/ISR/22_4942_00_x.pdf