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11 July 2019  
(19-4602) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Israel WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
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 Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 3 7347501  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 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):  Battery 
chargers; (HS: 8504); (ICS: 97.180, 97.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 900 part 2.29 
- Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for battery 
chargers (26 page(s), in English; 8 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the existing standard, SI 900 part  2.29, 
dealing with battery chargers, shall be declared mandatory. This declaration is inline with 
the mandatory standardization objective to protect human safety.  
This standard adopts the Internationa l Standard IEC 60335 -2-29 
Edition  5.0: 2016-06 and includes the following national deviations:  
• Expends the standard's scope to include also battery chargers used inside 
domestic appliances intended for end -users, that the Israel mandatory standards 
SI 900 and all its parts, does not apply to;  
• Amends the references to the International Standard IEC 60335 -1 and applies 
instead Israel's mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1;  
• Adds a new paragraph 201 dealing with rated values and applies Israel's 
mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  
• Adds a new paragraph 202 dealing with EMC and applies Israel's mandatory 
Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;  
• Adds a new paragraph 203 dealing with the noise level and applies instead Israel's 
mandatory Standard SI 900  part 1, where applicable.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/ISR/1053  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.29  (April 2017);  
• International Standard IEC 60335 -2-29 Edition 5.0: 2016 -06. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Generally, 60 days after publication in Israel Official 
Gazette, Section of Government Notices  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ISR/19_3871_00_x.pdf  
 