Skip to content
Expodite

WTO notification · TBT

IsraelUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Ceramic flags and paving – Israel

Official title

SI 1353 - Sheets of ceramic or glass mosaic tiles

Israel issued an addendum on 5 January 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/ISR/1301. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1 December 2023. The comment period closed on 30 January 2024.

Get alerts for this product and marketCheck what this means for your products

Expodite puts notifications like this one in your Updates centre, matched to the HS codes of your products and the markets you export to. Opens the requirements check for Israel in your Expodite account.

Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.

Published here:

Updated here:

At a glance

Products

Sheets of ceramic or glass mosaic tiles

HS codes
  • 69 · Ceramic products
    • 6907 Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing (excl. of siliceous fossil meals or similar…
Notifying member
Israel
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/ISR/1301Latest notice: G/TBT/N/ISR/1301/Add.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 30 January 2024
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 30 January 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/1301/Add.1; it can take them up with Israel.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/ISR/1301/Add.1⁩, 5 January 2026)

SI 1353 - Sheets of ceramic or glass mosaic tiles

The existing Mandatory Standard, SI 1353, dealing with sheets of ceramic or glass mosaic tiles for use on walls and flooring in buildings, shall be declared voluntary. In recent years, the use of these products in construction has decreased significantly. The safety level risk is defined as low and depends mainly on the professional application of the product. Therefore, this declaration aims to remove unnecessary obstacles to trade and lower trade barriers.

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/1301/Add.1

    SI 1353 - Sheets of ceramic or glass mosaic tiles

    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. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/ISR/1301

    Comment deadline: Closed on 30 January 2024

    SI 1353 - Sheets of ceramic or glass mosaic tiles

    The existing Mandatory Standard, SI 1353, dealing with sheets of ceramic or glass mosaic tiles for use on walls and flooring in buildings, shall be declared voluntary. In recent years, the use of these products in construction has decreased significantly. The safety level risk is defined as low and depends mainly on the professional application of the product. Therefore, this declaration aims to remove unnecessary obstacles to trade and lower trade barriers.

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

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from Israel

  1. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    SI 900 part 2.23 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for appliances for skin and hair care

    First amendment to the Mandatory Standard 900 part 2.23, dealing with electric appliances for skin and hair care. This draft amendment adopts AMD1:2019-03 of the International Standard IEC 60335-2-23:2016, with the following changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section: Changes the…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1285/Add.1Comment period closed

  2. WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    SI 900 part 2.17 - Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety: Particular requirements for blankets, pads, clothing and similar flexible heating appliances

    First amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 2.17. This amendment changes the following: Adopts Amendment 2 of 2019-03 to the International Standard IEC 60335-2-17:2012; Deletes the national section 203 dealing with 'Noise requirements'.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1284/Add.1Comment period closed

  3. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    SI 637 Part 3 - Gas cylinders valves: Outlet connections

    Second Amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 637 Part 3, dealing with Outlet connections for gas cylinders. This proposed amendment changes a few lines in Table 1 of Section 4, dealing with the application of the output thread. Both the old standard and the new proposed standard will apply from…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1414Comments until 25 December 2026

  4. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation 1333/2008 - Food Additives), 5786-2026

    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 regarding food additives was adopted in Israel as part of Amendment No. 10 to the Public Health Protection (Food) Law, 5776-2015 (hereinafter - the Law/Food Law), and appears in Item 8 of…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/ISR/14/Rev.2Comments until 4 December 2026

All export regulation updates

Get these automatically for your products and markets.

Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.

Start freeSee export intelligence