. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/363 
8 December 2009  
 (09-6331) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  ISRAEL
  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:    
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 5652700 Fax: + (972) 3 5652710 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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Concrete cylinder pipes 
(ICS: 23.040.50, 93.030; HS: 6810.99). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Non-reinforced and 
reinforced concrete cylinder pipes.     
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 27. This draft standard 
revision adopts the European Standard EN 1916: October 2002, with changes in the 
standard's scope as follows:  
• Pipes with egg-shaped transect are excluded from this revised standard; 
• Steel fibre reinforcement concrete pip es are excluded from this revised standard; 
• This revised standard applies to non-reinfor ced concrete pipes with nominal diameter of 
400-1250 mm as well as to reinforced concre te pipes with nominal diameter of 400-
3000mm; 
• This revised standard applies to concrete  pressure pipes as well as pipes designed for 
conveying liquids in gravitation. For the pressure pipes, it is based on the requirements of the European Standards EN 639: 1994, EN: 640: 1994 and EN 641: 1994. 
This draft revision includes the following ch anges that appear in the Hebrew section: 
• Changes in the normative references; 
• Adds new terms and defi nitions to paragraph 3; G/TBT/N/ISR/363 
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  • Adds new requirements to joint seals as appear in paragraph 4.1.2; 
• Details the standards which each ingredient of the concrete should comply with, as appear 
in paragraph 4.2; 
• Adds new requirements to para graph 4.3 dealing with units; 
• Adds new requirements to paragraph 5.2 dealing with the special requirements of 
reinforced concrete units; 
• Adds new requirements to paragraph 5.3 d ealing with special requirements for jacking 
pipes; 
• Adds paragraph 5.5 dealing with sp ecial requirements for lifting equipment; 
• Adds new requirement for conformity ev aluation and supervision as described in 
paragraph 7.1(A) and (B); 
• Replaces paragraph 8 dealing with marking. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and lowering of trade barriers.  
8. Relevant documents:    
• Mandatory Standard SI 27 (A ugust 1984) and its amendments; 
• European Standard EN 1916: October 2002.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
Both the old standard as well as this new revised standard will apply for a period of one year after publication in Israel's Official 
Gazette, Section 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 addresses, if available of the other body: