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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.402
14 August 1998
(98-3187)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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):  SII Enquiry Point
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Industry and Trade of the State of Israel
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  SII
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):  Matches
HS : 36.05 ICS 97.180
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
Matches – Performance Requirements, Safety and Classification  - 1998 (3 pages,
Hebrew)
Equivalent with deviations to EN 1783 (1997)
Revision of SI 282 (1988 – Amended 1995)
Official Under Notice of the Minister of Industry and Trade # 3576, 88/08/04 and of
SI 1265 (1984 – Amended 1995)
Official under notice of the Minister of Industry and Trade # 3463, 87/06/25
6. Description of content:
This Standard specifies safety requirements, performance, classification and
marking of matches and their packaging, sold or given free of charge to the public.
The Standard included: Testing for conformity assessment; sampling procedures of
individual matches and match boxes for testing;  quality assurance.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety and Health
8. Relevant documents:  Notice will be published in the Official Gazette, Section of
Government Notices, when adopted.G/TBT/Notif.98.402
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9. Proposed date of adoption: October 1998
Proposed date of entry into force: December 1998
10. Final date for comments:  September 1998
11. Texts available (in Hebrew) from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:  library@sii.org.il