WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.711
31October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4787)
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 [X],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 HS85.44: ICS29.060.20
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
- Revision oftheOfficial Israeli Standard SI473"Cables, Cords andInsulated
Conductors forNominal Voltage upto1,000 Volts. General Requirements",
1988 (15pages, available inHebrew);
- Proposal foraGovernment Notice (1page, available inHebrew).
6. Description ofcontent:
- Standard -Cables, cords andinsulated conductors consisting ofconductors made
outofexposed ortin-coated copper with 0.5to500mm2cross-section, or
aluminum with2.5to400mm2cross-section;
- Notice -Therevised Standard isproposed tobeOfficial.
Before revision, SI473hasbeenOfficial under previous Notice oftheMinister
ofIndustry andTrade published intheOfficial Gazette, Section ofSubsidiary Legislation
#3961, March 1989.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: TheNotice willbepublished intheOfficial Gazette, Section of
Government Notices, when therevised Standard isadopted asOfficial.
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Notbefore 27December 1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 27December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: