WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.416
5September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3569)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: ISRAEL
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofIndustry andTrade oftheState ofIsrael
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Electric cables, power,
HS85.44, ICS29.060.20
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
- Revision ofOfficial Israeli Standard SI1516 "Extruded Solid Dielectric Power
Cables forRated Voltages 1kVupto30kV", equivalent toIEC502,(9pages
inHebrew).
- Proposal fortheOfficial Status oftheRevised Standard (1pageinHebrew).
6. Description ofcontent: Revision ofSI1516 issued bytheStandards Institution of
Israel -Construction, dimensions, testmethods. SI1516 hasbeen Official under
previous Notice oftheMinister ofIndustry andTrade published intheOfficial Gazette,
Section ofGovernment Notices, #4323, August 1995. Therevised Standard is
proposed tobeofficial.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: TheNotice willbepublished intheOfficial Gazette, Section of
Government Notices, when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Notbefore 26October 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 26October 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: