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14 April 2020  
(20-2869) 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 Enqu iry 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):  Cycles. 
Electrically power assisted cycles. EPAC Bicycles; (HS: 8711); (ICS: 43.120, 43.150)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 15194 - 
Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC Bicycles (135 page(s), in English; 6 
page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 15194, dealing with 
electrically power assisted cycles  (EPAC Bicycles). This draft standard revision adopts the 
European Standard EN 15194: October 2017, with a few national deviations that appear in 
the standard's Hebrew section as follows:  
• Deletes the words "with exception of EPAC intended for hire from unattended 
station" from the standard's scope;  
• Deletes the last sentence of the standard's scope starting with "This European 
Standard is not..." and ending with "of its publication as EN";  
• Changes the normative ref erences;  
• Replaces paragraph 3.52;  
• Changes the marking and labelling requirements appear in paragraph 5.1;  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/ISR/1120  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  15194 (February 2015) and Amendment 1 (May 
2019);  
• European Standard EN 15194: October 2017.  
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/2020/TBT/ISR/20_2568_00_x.pdf  
 