. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ISR/530 
30 September 2011  
 (11-4749) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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 Industry, Trade and Labor Tel.:  + (972) 3 7347502 Fax:  +(972) 3 7347626 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):  Multilayer piping systems 
for water installations inside buildings (ICS: 23.04.01 and 91.140.60; HS: 3917.31, 7412.20, 
7419.91 and 7419.99). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Multilayer piping 
systems for hot and cold water installations insi de buildings: Pipes (9 pages in Hebrew and 18 
pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standa rd SI 21003 part 2. This draft 
standard revision adopts the International Standard ISO 21003-2 - First edition: 2008-07-01 
and its Amendment 1: 2011-04-15.  
The major differences included in the Hebrew section are as follows:  
- Sets uniform conditions for the pipes' different uses. 
- Determines that in M type pipes, the metal layer will be of aluminium - Adds a test method for PEX-AL-PEX pipe s, quoted from the old Israel Standard 
 SI 2242. - Adds a pressure durability test, quoted from the old Israel Standard SI 2242 in 
 addition to the pressure  durability estimate based on regression lines.  
- Adds a test for the pipes' welding strength. 
- Changes the fittings' inne r pressure durability test. 
The major changes included in th is new revised standard are: G/TBT/N/ISR/530 
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  - Allows the use of P type pipes, made only from polym eric materials. 
- Expands the standard's scope to other applications, as appear in the adopted 
 International Standard. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety a nd lowering of trade barriers.  
8. Relevant documents:   ƒ 
- Mandatory Standard SI 21003 part 2 (February 2009). 
- International Standard ISO 21003-2 - First edition: 2008-07-01 + Amendment 1:  2011-04-15. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
Generally 60 days after publication in Israel's 
Official Gazette, Se ction of Government 
Notices. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmsta mat/rsrc/tkina/SI21003Part2.pdf