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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ISR/591 
25 May 2012  
 (12-2757) 
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):  Domestic electrical 
appliances (ICS: 13.120 and 97.030; HS: Chapters 84-85). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Safety of household 
and similar electrical appliances: General requirements (4 pages, in Hebrew).     
6. Description of content:  Fourth amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1. This 
amendment changes the following:  
- Adds to the standard's normative references (paragraph 2) a reference to Israel 
 Energy Source Regulations (Maximum El ectric Power in Sta ndby Mode for Home 
 and Office Appliances), 5771 - 2011; 
- Adds new paragraph 4.203 dealing with  output consumption in standby mode. 
 According to this, appliances should co mply with the above mentioned regulation 
 with not more than a 10% deviation a nd should provide authorization from an 
 approved laboratory. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human safety.  G/TBT/N/ISR/591 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
- Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 (August 2005) + Amendment 1 (May 2011), 
 Amendment 2 (April 2012) and Amendment 3 (not yet final); 
- Energy Sources Regulations (Maximum El ectric Power in Standby Mode for Home 
 and Office Appliances), 5771 - 2011; 
- International Standard IEC 60331-1 edition 4: 2001-05. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
Generally 60 days after publication in the 
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 addres ses, if available of the other body:   
4th amendment to SI 900 part 1: 
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstama t/rsrc/tkina/SI900Part1Amd4.pdf  
Energy Source Regulations (Max imum Electric Power in Sta ndby Mode for Home and Office 
Appliances), 5771–2011 - Original (Hebrew): 
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc /tkina/EnergySourcesRegulations-Heb.pdf  
Energy Source Regulations (Max imum Electric Power in Standby  Mode for Home and Office 
Appliances), 5771 - 2011 - Unoffici al translation to English: 
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc /tkina/EnergySourcesRegulations-Eng.pdf