. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/202 
1 April 2008 
 (08-1425) 
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:   Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point 
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 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Household and similar 
electrical appliances safety (ICS:  97.040.30, 97.030; HS:  8418.10-29). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revision of the 
mandatory standard SI 721 - H ousehold and similar electrical appliances safety: Particular 
requirements for refrigerating appliances, ice-cr eam appliances and ice-makers. (6 Pages in 
Hebrew and 153 pages in English) 
6. Description of content:   This revision changes the name of the standard and it has two 
chapters: the first chapter deals with safety re quirements and adopts the European standard 
IEC 60335-2-24 Ed. 6.1 (2005-04) including its 2nd amendment (2007-01) and the second 
chapter deals with the operation requirements a nd test methods and adopts the International 
standard ISO 15502 (1st edition 2005-10-15) including its technical corrigendum (2007-02). 
 
There are some changes to the adopted Intl. st andards, which are edited into the original 
standards or detailed in the Hebrew section, as follows:  
- All refrigerating appliances used in Israel  should be suitable for tropical class (T) - 
Paragraph 6.101 
 
- A label with the information regarding th e energy consumption and efficiency of 
performance should be added to a ll appliances - Paragraph 7.102 
 The following requirements were removed
 from the European Standard attached to this 
revised standard:  G/TBT/N/ISR/202 
Page 2  
 
  - The requirement for a warning label rega rding flammable refrigerants - Paragraph 
7.103 
- The requirement for a warning label regard ing  replacement of lamps - Paragraph 
8.1.1 
- The requirement for power factor (cos φ) of the appliance - Paragraph 10.103 
- The refrigerants should not be from the CF C or HCFC groups de tailed in Annexes A-
C. 
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: