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Notifying Member: ISRAEL

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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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@service.economy.gov.il

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Commercial refrigerating appliances and ice-makers

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: SI 900 part 2.89 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for commercial refrigerating appliances and ice-makers with an incorporated or remote refrigerant unit or motor-compressor; (60 page(s), in English), (9 page(s), in Hebrew)

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Description of content: The requirements of the existing Israel Standard, SI 900 part 2.89, dealing with commercial refrigerating appliances and ice-makers, shall be declared mandatory. This declaration aligns with the mandatory standardization objective to protect human safety.

This standard adopts the International Standard IEC 60335-2-89 Edition 3.0: 2019-06. The standard's Hebrew section includes the following national deviations:

1._    Changes the references to the International Standard IEC 60335-1 and applies instead Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 (General national remark);

2._    Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);

3._    Adds a new paragraph 22.201 dealing with refrigerants;

4._    Adds a new paragraph 201 dealing with rated values and applies Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;

5._    Adds a new paragraph 202 dealing with EMC and applies Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1, where applicable;

6._    Adds a new paragraph 203 dealing with the noise level and applies Israel's Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 1 instead, where applicable. The requirements of this section will remain voluntary.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety

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Relevant documents:

·_        Israel Standard SI 900 part 2.89 (March 2021);

·_        International Standard IEC 60335-2-89 Edition 3.0: 2019-06.

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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

Email: Yael.Friedgut@Service.economy.gov.il