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Optical, photographic; Furniture; bedding – Israel

Official title

SI 60601 part 1 – Medical electrical equipment: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance

Israel issued an addendum on 11 February 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/ISR/1293. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 20 September 2023. The comment period closed on 21 July 2024.

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Products

Medical electrical equipment

HS codes
  • 90 · Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories
    • 9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, incl. scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and…
    • 9019 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial…
    • 901910 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 9405 Lamps and lighting fittings, incl. searchlights and spotlights, and parts thereof, n.e.s; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like having a…
Notifying member
Israel
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Harmonization
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/ISR/1293Latest notice: G/TBT/N/ISR/1293/Rev.1/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 21 July 2024
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 21 July 2024. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/ISR/1293/Rev.1/Add.1; it can take them up with Israel.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/ISR/1293/Rev.1/Add.1⁩, 11 February 2026)

SI 60601 part 1 – Medical electrical equipment: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance

Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 60601 part 1, dealing with medical electrical equipment. This draft standard revision adopts the International Standard IEC 60601-1 – Edition 3.2: 2020-08 with a few changes in the normative references that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are an outcome of adopting Amendment 2 to the International Standard. Both the old standard and the new proposed standard will apply from the entry into force of this revision for a transition period of 1 year. During this time, medical electrical equipment may be tested according to any of these standards.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/ISR/1293/Rev.1/Add.1

    SI 60601 part 1 – Medical electrical equipment: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. RevisionG/TBT/N/ISR/1293/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 21 July 2024

    SI 60601 part 1 – Medical electrical equipment: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance

    Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 60601 part 1, dealing with medical electrical equipment. This draft standard revision adopts the International Standard IEC 60601-1 – Edition 3.2: 2020-08 with a few changes in the normative references that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are an outcome of adopting Amendment 2 to the International Standard. Both the old standard and the new proposed standard will apply from the entry into force of this revision for a transition period of 1 year. During this time, medical electrical equipment may be tested according to any of these standards.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/ISR/1293

    Comment deadline: Closed on 19 November 2023

    SI 60601 part 1 – Medical electrical equipment: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance

    Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 60601 part 1, dealing with medical electrical equipment. This draft standard revision adopts the International Standard IEC 60601-1 – Edition 3.2: 2020-08 with a few changes in the normative references that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are an outcome of adopting Amendment 2 to the International Standard. Both the old standard and the new proposed standard will apply from the entry into force of this revision for a period of 4 years. During this time, medical electrical equipment may be tested according to any of these standards.

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Sources

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