. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/409 
24 March 2010  
 (10-1601) 
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):  Valves for LPG 
(ICS:  23.060.10 and 75.160.30; HS:  8481). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Manually operated 
valves for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas.     
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1607.  This draft revision 
adopts the European Standard EN 331:  January 1998, with the following changes that 
appear in the Hebrew section:  
• Changes the standard's scope (paragraph 1. 1) to apply to manual ball valves, manual 
closed bottom taper plug valves and manual valve with different operation method; 
• Limits paragraph 5.1.2.7 to apply only to  manual ball valves and to manual closed 
bottom taper plug valves; 
• Limits paragraph 5.1.3.1.1 dealing with th reads so that threaded inlet and outlet 
connections with pressure-tight joints made  on threads should be NPT type (American 
national taper pipe threads); 
• Replaces paragraph 5.1.3.1.2 so that when  threads for non pressure-tight joints are 
required, they shall conform to one of the fo llowing:  Israel Standards SI 50.2, SI 288 or 
to American Standard SAE J 513.  In case of USF class 2A thread, it should conform to American Standard ANSI/ASME B1.1; 
• Adds new paragraph 5.1.3.7 with a drawing and dimensions of hose connector joint;  G/TBT/N/ISR/409 
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  • Adds new paragraph 5.1.3.8 with the requir ements for quick connect-cut off device; 
• Adds a remark to paragraph 6.4 dealing w ith minimal operating torque between an open 
and a closed valve; 
• Adds new paragraph 7.9 dealing with tests performed by the manufacturer; 
• Adds new marking and packaging requirements to paragraph 8. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and lowering of trade barriers.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mandatory Standard SI 1607 (Apr il 1996) + Amendment 1 (June 2001); 
• European Standard EN 331: January 1998.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
Both the old standard as well as the new standard will apply for a period of 3 years 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:   And can be 
downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/isr/10_1112_00_x.pdf