. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/474 
24 November 2010  
 (10-6297) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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:  mailto: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):  Bicycles;  ICS 43.120, 
43.150 and 97.190;  HS 4011.50, 4013.20, 8712 and 8714 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 
– SI 1117 – Bicycles:  city bicycles and touri ng bicycles – safety re quirements and test 
methods (5 pages in Hebrew, 90 pages in English); 
– SI 14765 – Bicycles:  bicycles for children – safety requirements and test methods 
(5 pages in Hebrew, 52 pages in English); 
– SI 14766 – Bicycles:  mountain bicycles – safety requirements and test methods 
(5 pages in Hebrew, 92 pages in English); 
– SI 14781 – Bicycles:  racing bicycles – safe ty requirements and test methods (5 pages 
in Hebrew, 84 pages in English); 
– SI 15194 – Bicycles:  electrica lly power assisted bicycles – (EPAC bicycles) – safety 
requirements and test methods (5 page s in Hebrew, 38 pages in English). G/TBT/N/ISR/474 
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  6. Description of content:  Revision of the four Mandatory Standards SI 464, SI 465, SI 1117 
and SI 1234 relating to bicycles to be replaced together as a group with the following five 
standards.  Each draft standard revision adopt s a different European Standard as follows:  
– SI 1117 adopts the European Standard EN 14764:  December 2005; 
– SI 14765 adopts the European Standard EN 14765:  2005 and its first amendment A1:  
February 2008; 
– SI 14766 adopts the European Stan dard EN 14766:  November 2005; 
– SI 14781 adopts the European Stan dard EN 14781:  November 2005; 
– SI 15194 adopts the European Standard EN 15194:  January 2009. 
The new draft standards differ significantly fro m the old standards and each contains a few 
deviations from its adopted European Standard.  These are detailed in  its Hebrew section. 
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 464 (November 1994) 
– Mandatory Standard SI 465 (November 1994) 
– Mandatory Standard SI 1117 (October 1999) 
– Mandatory Standard SI 1234 (October 1989) 
– European Standard EN 14764:  December 2005 
– European Standard EN 14765:  2005 + A1:  February 2008 
– European Standard EN 14766:  November 2005 
– European Standard EN 14781:  November 2005 
– European Standard EN 15194:  January 2009 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2012 
Both the old standards and the new standards will apply for a period of one year 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 website addresses, if available of the other body:  
SI 1117 – http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI1117.pdf  
SI 14765 – http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmsta mat/rsrc/tkina/SI14765.pdf  
SI 14766 – http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmsta mat/rsrc/tkina/SI14766.pdf  
SI 14781 – http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmsta mat/rsrc/tkina/SI14781.pdf  
SI 15194 – http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmsta mat/rsrc/tkina/SI15194.pdf