WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ISR/4
9 July 2002
(02-3829)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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):           
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: +972-3-5603140E-mail: 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):   Fire detector systems
ICS:  13.220 HS: 8531.10
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   SI 1220 –
Fire detectors systems (Hebrew/English)
6. Description of content:   The already existing standard is divided in several parts,  of which
are concerned here (since no international standards exist, the requirements were based on
the corresponding ANSI/UL standards):
Part 4: Heat det ectors (ANSI/UL 521);
Part 5: Self-contained smok e detectors (ANSI/UL 217);
Part 6: Manually actuated si gnalling boxes (ANSI/UL 38);
Part 10: Audible signal appliances (ANSI/UL 464).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The existing requirements will be declared mandatory in order to ensure consumer 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:           