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21 February 2022  
(22-1620) 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) 74 7502236  
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):  Gas 
cylinders; (HS: 7311); (ICS: 23.020.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 9809 part 1 
- Gas cylinders - Design, construction and testing of refillable seamless steel gas cylinders 
and tubes: Normalized steel cylinders and tubes (64 page(s), in English; 4 page(s), in 
Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory  Standard SI 9809 part 1, dealing 
with gas cylinders. This draft standard revision adopts the International Standard ISO 
9809-1 - Third edition: 2019 -08, with a few minor changes that appear in the standard's 
Hebrew section.    
The changes compared to the p revious edition are as follows:   
• Water capacity extended from below 0,5 l and up to and including 450 l;  
• Batch size for tubes now introduced;  
• Bend test retained only for prototype tests;  
• Test requirements for check analysis (tolerances modified);  
• New test requirements for threads introduced including an informative Annex G;  
• Original European Annexes now incorporated into the body of this document;  
• Annex A "Manufacturing imperfections" is now aligned with ISO/TR 16115.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/ISR/1232  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 9809 part 1 (November 2017);  
• International Standard ISO 9809 -1 - Third edition: 2019 -08. 
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:   
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/ISR/22_1715_00_x.pdf  
 