Israel is Revising the Standard for Safety of Toys: Flammability

2022-06-06

On 2022-05-09, Israel notified the WTO's Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (ref: G/TBT/N/ISR/1250) that their mandatory standard, SI 562 part 2 – Safety of toys: Flammability, will be amended.

This draft standard revision adopts the European Standard EN 71-2: December 2020.

Major Changes:

Besides the adoption of the foregoing European Standard, the Hebrew section of this revised standard adds to paragraphs 4.3 and 4.4 a new requirement that toy disguise costumes and toys intended to be worn by a child in play shall be permanently marked with a Hebrew warning.

Effective Date:

Proposed date of adoption: To be determined.

Proposed date of entry into force: Both the old standard and this new revised standard will apply for 6 months from the entry into force of this revision. During this time, products may be tested according to the old or the new revised standard.

References:
https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/TBTN22/ISR1250.pdf&Open=True
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/ISR/22_3328_00_x.pdf