WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ISR/27
25 April 2003
(03-2212)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:           
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 and Trade – Tel: +972-3-7101562 –
Fax: +972-3-5603140 – E-mail: bernadette@moit.gov.il
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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 cooking and
baking gas appliances -  ICS: 97.040.20 -  HS: 7321
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document :  Domestic gas
appliances for cooking, baking and grilling – SI 907 (Hebrew)
6. Description of content:    The standard will replace former official standard SI 907 and
official standard SI 1461 (Built-in domestic hobs) and combine them into one standard.
Adoption of the European standard EN 30 wa s considered but rejected because of the
difference in the composition of the gas, which requires different construction specifications
and hence different test methods.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety.          
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:           