 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/50 
30 June 2004  
 
(04-2801) 
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:         
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 [ X], 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):   Drinking water heating 
and boiling appliances  IC S: 97.040.50 - HS: 8516.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   SI 251 – Electrical 
samovars for heating and boiling of drinking water for household and similar uses (Hebrew) 
6. Description of content:   The standard will replace the manda tory standard SI 251 part 2. 
The standard is based on SI 251 part 2 (simila r to IEC 60335-2-63) and SI 900 (similar to 
IEC 60335-1), with adaptation to local conditions  of use, conformance to the requirements 
of the Israeli standard SI 5452 – Testing of prod ucts for use in contact with drinking water,  
the Consumer Protection Act (Labelling of pro ducts) and the Consumer Health Regulations 
(Drinking Water). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer health and 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:        
 