. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ISR/577 
2 March 2012 
 (12-1198) 
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):  Fiberboards 
(ICS: 79.060.20; HS: 4411 and 9403).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Dry process fiberboards 
(5 pages in Hebrew). 
6. Description of content:  First amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 1481. This 
amendment adopts the European requirements for formaldehyde content and amends the 
following:  
- The acclimation requirement appearing in the European Standard was not adopted, as 
 this requirement is intended for fiberboard s manufacturers of whom there are none in 
 Israel. All fiberboards in Israel are importe d. Therefore such tests, which have heavy 
 financial implications, are not applicable.  
- Requires performance of a repeat test  according to the European requirements 
 appearing in EN 712-2 only in case s of marginal or non-compliance. 
- Changes paragraph 3.10.1 dealing with th e amount of released formaldehyde from 
 covered fiberboards. This pa ragraph instructs as follows:  
- To calculate the amount of released formaldehyde as an average of all  samples 
 taken of a board, if the difference between the highest and the lowest samples is 
 greater  than 20%, then the average s hould be calculated only from the 2 or more 
 highest  results and the lowe st results should be ignored. G/TBT/N/ISR/577 
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  - The amount of released formaldehyde in this type of board shall not exceed 3.5mg 
 per m
2 per hour. 
- Changes paragraph 3.10.2 dealing with th e amount of released formaldehyde from 
 non-covered fiberboards, instructing as follows:  
- To calculate the amount of released fo rmaldehyde according to the European 
 Standard EN 120:  December 1992. 
- The amount of extracted formaldehyde sh all not exceed 8mg per 100g dry board in 
 the oven.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Mandatory Standard SI 1481 (October 2005). 
- European Standard EN 717-2: November 1994 + AC: July 2002. - European Standard EN 120: December 1992. 
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 addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://www2.moital.gov.il/cms tamat/rsrc/tkina/SI1481Amd1.pdf