. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/197 
4 March 2008 
 (08-0952) 
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:         
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 Labour 
Tel: + (972) 3 565 2700 Fax: + (972) 3 565 2710 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):   Pressure regulators and 
automatic changeover regulators for LPG (ICS:  23.060.40; HS:  90.32.2000). 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
SI 1921  – Pressure regulators and automatic changeover regulators for LPG  
(1 page, Hebrew).  
SI 1921 part 1  – Pressure regulators for LPG: Regulators having an outlet pressure of less 
than or equal to 200 mbar, with a capacity of less than or equal to 4 kg/h.  (11 pages in Hebrew and 144 pages in English). SI 1921 part 2
 – Pressure regulators for LPG: Regulators with a capacity of up to and 
including 100 kg/h. (Other than those covered by SI 1921 part 1)  . 
(11 pages in Hebrew and 180 pages in English). 
SI 1921 part 3  – Pressure regulators for LPG: Pressure governors for inlet pressure up to 
200 mbar. (6 pages in Hebrew and 32 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:    
Revision of mandatory standard  SI 1921 to be replaced by: 
SI 1921  – Pressure regulators and automati c changeover regulators for LPG  
(1 page Hebrew).  
This standard now includes  only automatic changeover regulators. All of the standard’s 
requirements related to other types of regulators are deleted from SI 1921 and included in SI 1921 part 1, part 2 or part 3, as follows: G/TBT/N/ISR/197 
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  SI 1921 part 1
 – Pressure regulators for LPG: Re gulators having an outlet 
pressure of less than or equal to 200 mbar, wi th a capacity of less than or equal to 
4 kg/h . (11 pages in Hebrew and 144 pages in English). 
This part of the standard adopts both th e European Standard EN 12864 from August 
2001 and the American National Standard ANS/UL 144-2001 from April 1999 with few 
changes - mainly administrative -  which are detailed in the Hebrew section. 
SI 1921 part 2  – Pressure regulators for LPG: Re gulators with a capacity of up to 
and including 100 kg/h. (Other than those covered by SI 1921 part 1)  (11 pages in 
Hebrew and 180 pages in English). This part of the standard adopts both th e European Standard EN 13785 from March 
2005 and the American National Standard ANS/UL 144-2001 from April 1999 with few 
changes – mostly administrative - which are detailed in the Hebrew section. 
SI 1921 part 3
 – Pressure regulators for LPG:  Pressure governors for inlet 
pressure up to 200 mbar  (6 pages in Hebrew and 32 pages in English). 
This part of the standard adopts the Eur opean Standard EN 88 from June 1991, A1 from 
June 1996 and prA2 from May 2001 with few changes – mostly administrative -  which are 
detailed in the Hebrew section. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life. 
8. Relevant documents:   Notice will be published in the Official Gazette, Section of 
Government Notices, when approved. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: