 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/51 
30 June 2004 
 (04-2799) 
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):   Playground equipment 
ICS: 97.200.40  -  HS: 9506.91 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   SI 1604 part 1 –  
Fairground and amusement park  machinery and structures – Safety (English/Hebrew) 
6. Description of content:   The standard is the adoption of th e original text in English,  except 
for slight changes and deviations in Hebrew , of the European draft standard prEN 13814 
(2000) which defines safety rules to avoid accidents due to design, manufacture or operation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The requirements of the existing standard w ill become 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:        
 