. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ISR/551 
17 January 2012  
 (12-0263) 
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):  Steel for reinforcement of 
concrete (ICS: 77.140 and 91.080.40; HS: 7213, 7214 and 7314.30). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Steel for reinforcement 
of concrete: Welded fabric (15 pages in Hebrew and 8 pages in English).     
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standa rd SI 4466 part 4. This draft 
standard revision adopts the In ternational Standard ISO 6935-3 - First edition: 1992-12-15 
and its Technical corr igendum 1: 2000-04-15.  
The major differences between th e adopted ISO Standard and this  new revised draft standard 
are as follows:  
- Removes from the standard's scope steel wire fabric designed in heat.  
- Removes from the standard's scope 4 mm no minal diameter wires, which are not in 
 use in Israel. - Changes paragraph 4 dealing with fo rm and dimensions by removing the 
 manufacturing of steel wi re fabric designed in heat  and 4 mm nominal diameter 
 wires. - Adds to paragraph 4.1.1 Table 2 providing wires range weight. 
- Adds to paragraph 4.1.1 Table 3 providing  shape and dimensions for ribbed bars. 
- Replaces paragraph 4.1.8 with Table 4 which provides permit ted deviations from 
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  - Amends Table 5 of paragraph 5 dealing with the chemical composition and removes 
 the requirement of a nitrogen test. 
- Amends Table 6 of paragraph 6 dea ling with the mechanical properties. 
- Removes from paragraph 7.2 dealing with be nd test the requirements for steel wire 
 designed in heat. - Amends the requirements of paragraph 7.3 dealing with strength of welded joints. 
- Adds new marking require ments to paragraph 9.1. 
- Replaces paragraph 10 dealing with batch certification.  
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:    
- Mandatory Standard SI 4466 part 4 (February 1994) + Amendment 1 (December 
 1997), Amendment 2 (December 1999) and Amendment 3 (November 2007).   - International Standard ISO 6935-3 - First edition: 1992-12-15 +Technical 
 corrigendum 1: 2000-04-15. 
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/SI4466Part4.pdf