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31 July 2019  
(19-5009) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL   
If applicable, name of local government 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 Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 3 7347501  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.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 CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Olive oil; 
(HS: 1509); (ICS: 67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 191 - Olive 
oil (17 page(s), in English; 9 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 191 dealing with olive 
oil. This standard adopts the International Olive Oil Council's document COI/T.15/NC 
No 3/ Rev.11: July 2016 called "Trade Standard Applying to Olive Oils and Olive -Pomace 
Oils". The major diffe rences between the old version and this new revised draft standard 
are as follow:  
• Changes few of the definitions(paragraph 2);  
• Updates the criteria for the oil's purity (paragraph 3);  
• Updates  few of the quality criteria (paragraph 4);  
• Changes few of the me thods of analysis and sampling (paragraph 11).  
All sections and sub -sections of the new revised standard will be announced mandatory.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  191 (November 2016);  
• International Olive Oil Council's document COI/T.15/NC No 3/ Rev.11: July  2016.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1074  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Generally 60 days after publication in Israel Official 
Gazette, Section of Government Notices  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ISR/19_4250_00_x.pdf  
 