On February 20, 2024, Israel's Ministry of Economy and Industry submitted to the WTO Circular G TBT N ISR 1317 amending the revision of the mandatory standard SI 1888 Part 1 - Child care articles - Wheeled child transport: folding strollers and strollers, covering products equipped with two or more wheels, generally pushed by hand, including chair trolleys, hand-pushed infants, folding strollers, etc., with HS code 8715.
The main differences between the old version of the standard and the new revised standard are as follows:
1) The new standard adopts the European standard EN 1888-1:2018+A1:2022 with some modifications in the Hebrew part of the standard;
2) Modify the contents of chemical hazards, danger of trapping, danger of moving parts, danger of entanglement, test method of parking device and stability of vehicle
3) Introduce Annex E to provide relevant translations of warnings
4) Introduce Annex D to provide evaluation information for the moving parts of the headliner;
5) Introduce Annex G to provide information on the arrangement of the certification mark for car seats.
According to the circular, the old standard and the new revised standard will be applied at the same time from the effective date of this revision for a period of 12 months. During this time, the product can be tested against the old standard or the new standard.
The revision of the content of more, the relevant export of Israeli stroller manufacturers must cause great attention, to understand in detail the content of the notice, especially the content of the updated part, before the formal implementation of the new standard in accordance with the new standard to do a good job of difference testing, after the test is qualified to obtain the corresponding test report, obtain product certification, to avoid export blockage.
At present, the revision of the new standard is still in the TBT review stage, enterprises should be in accordance with the content of the notification in accordance with the relevant principles of the WTO for rationality analysis, if it is found that the revision of the new standard has a serious impact on the company's exports to Israel products, please contact the relevant departments to carry out the review.