 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/33 
30 January 2004  
 
(04-0359) 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Industry and Trade 
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-ma il:  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):   Baby strollers – 
ICS: 97.190  -  HS: 8715 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Revision of SI 891 – 
Wheeled Child Conveyances – Safety Requireme nts and Test Methods (Hebrew/English) 
6. Description of content:   The official standard is identi cal, except for slight changes and 
deviations, to the European standard EN 1888, and is revised in alignment with the 2003 
version of the European standard.  The amen dment of the Hebrew text concerns labelling 
and instructions for use, including warnings. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection and safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Notice will be published in the Official Gazette, Section of 
Government Notices, when adopted. 
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:        
 