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G/TBT/N/ISR/588 
9 May 2012  
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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):  Power cables 
(ICS: 29.060.20; HS: 8544.60). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Power cables with 
extruded insulation and their accessories fo r rated voltages from 1kV (Um = 1.2kV) up to 
30kV (Um = 36kV): Cables for ra ted voltages of 1kV (Um = 1.2kV) and 3 kV (Um = 3.6kV) 
(13 pages in Hebrew and 110 pages in English and French).     
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard  SI 1516 part 1. This revised 
draft standard adopts the Intern ational Standard IEC 60502-1 - Edition 2.1: 2009-1 with the 
following changes, which appear in  the standard's Hebrew section:  
- Amends the normative references in paragra ph 1.2 to fit Israel and adds references to 
 Israel Electricity Law (1954) and to Is rael's Consumer Protection Order (1983) 
 including all their amen dments and regulations; 
- Changes paragraph 6.2 dealing with insulation thickness by reducing the nominal  thickness of PVC/A insulation in Tabl e 5 and by adding a new paragraph 6.201 
 providing further cable spec ification, such as: strands' colours (Table 201) and 
 markings (paragraphs 6.201.1 and 6.201.2); 
- Adds to paragraph 7 dealing with assembly  of multi-core cables, inner covering and 
 fillers a clarification regarding the interweaving correlation; 
- Adds to paragraph 7.1 dealing with the i nner covering and fillers a requirement for 
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  - Deletes paragraph 7.1.3 (including Table 8)  dealing with thickness of extruded inner 
 covering; 
- Deletes paragraph 12.2 (including Table 8a) dealing with the materials of the metallic 
 armour and instead adds to Table 10 of the adopted IEC standard a specific remark  regarding the correlation between the string width and the cable diameter; - Adds to Table 10 of para graph 12.5 dealing with correl ation between cable diameters 
 and armour dimensions a clarification remark. 
- Changes paragraph 13 and all its sub-pa ragraphs dealing with over sheath, its 
 materials a nd colours; 
- Adds a new paragraph 13a with a requirem ent to comply also with the European 
 Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS) from January 27, 2003; - Adds to paragraph 16.5.3 dealing with the requirements for non-metallic sheaths a 
 new requirement for measuring the nominal covering thickness; 
- Changes paragraph 18.14.1 dealing with flam e spread test on single cables by adding 
 a requirement to comp ly with the requirements of the IEC 60332 series. 
The major differences between th e old version and this new revised draft standard are as 
follows:  
- Changes in the insulation requirements and thickness; 
- Includes new structure and requirements for halogen free cables with low flame 
 spreading and low level of smoke emission.   
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 151 6 part 1 (September 2008);  
- International Standard IEC 60502-1 - Edition 2.1: 2009-11; 
- Israel Electricity Law (1954) a nd its amendments and regulations; 
- Israel's Consumer Protection Order (1983). 
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/SI1516Part1.pdf