 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ISR/34 
30 January 2004  
 
(04-0357) 
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:   Ministry of Industry and Trade 
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 [    ], 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):   Medical Syringes and 
Needles - ICS: 11.040.20  HS:  9018 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Syringes and needles:  
Revision of SI 1268 parts 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 (Hebrew/English) 
6. Description of content:   The official standard, aligned w ith international requirements, is 
divided in several parts, of which are concerned here:  
 Part 1 (ISO 595 part 1);  Part 3 (ISO 7886 part 1;  Part 4 (ISO 7886 part 2);  Part 5 (ISO 8537) Part 7 (ISO 7864)    The revision concerns labelling requirements in the frame of the Consumer Protection Act, 
as regards products marketed to end consumers. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:   Notice will be published in the Official Gazette, Section of 
Government Notices, when adopted. 
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:   
 