Import and Export Ordinance [New Version], 5739-1979

פקודת היבוא והיצוא [נוסח חדש], תשל"ט-1979

Published: 1979-03-29Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-07-23 · Last amended 2026-07-22✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29

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First Schedule (section 2l(a)(1))

1.§

A product file in respect of goods to which an official standard applies, containing all of the following:

(1)the name of the product;

(2)the name of the sub-product;

(3)the name of the model;

(4)the country of manufacture;

(5)particulars of the manufacturer or particulars of the supplier;

(6)confirmation of the conformity of the model with the official standard applicable to it, together with a detailed test report, if the importer is required to retain it, in accordance with the guidelines of the Standards Commissioner.

(7)documentation of distribution channels;

(8)a photograph of the product and the label.

(9)the documents listed in section 2f(b), if the importer is required to retain them pursuant to the provisions of that section.

(10)the documents listed in the Fifth Schedule or the Eighth Schedule to the Standards Law, alongside each mandatory provision, if the importer is required to retain them pursuant to the provisions of that mandatory provision;

(11)an invoice declaration within its meaning in the Free Trade Area Agreement between the State of Israel and the United States of America (Israel–United States Free Trade Agreement) with respect to rules of origin, as amended from time to time, or another document prescribed by the Minister by Order, if the importer is required to retain them pursuant to the provisions of section 2f(b3)(3).

2.§

In respect of each consignment, the following documents:

(1)a commercial invoice;

(2)an import declaration as defined in the Customs Ordinance;

(3)a delivery note within its meaning in section 18 of the Customs Ordinance;

(4)a copy of the importer's declaration as referred to in section 2f, in accordance with the provisions of that section;

(5)a model approval and a consignment approval, in accordance with the guidelines of the Standards Commissioner;

(6)(Repealed)

(7)batch numbers and serial numbers, if the supplier transmitted to the importer lists containing such information;

(8)(Repealed)

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Second Schedule (section 14f)

Definitions§

In this Schedule –

"confirmation" – any of the following:

(1)if the violator is required, by law, to appoint an auditor – a confirmation given by the auditor appointed as aforesaid, who audits the annual financial statements;

(2)in respect of a cooperative society – a confirmation pursuant to paragraph (1) or a confirmation by the person who audited its accounts pursuant to the Cooperative Societies Ordinance;

(3)in respect of a person not listed in paragraphs (1) or (2) – a confirmation given by an accountant or a confirmation given by a representing tax adviser that a particular datum corresponds to the contents of a document submitted in the framework of the representation activity of the tax adviser;

"Companies Law" – the Companies Law, 5759-1999;

"Value Added Tax Law" – the Value Added Tax Law, 5736-1975;

"representing tax adviser" – as defined in the Regulation of the Occupation of Representation by Tax Advisers Law, 5765-2005;

"transaction turnover" – the transaction turnover of a dealer as defined in the Value Added Tax Law;

"the Commissioner" – the Standards Commissioner;

"violator" – as defined in section 14a;

"dealer" – an importer or a testing laboratory;

"auditor" – as defined in Chapter V of the Companies Law, 5759-1999.

Reduction of financial penalty amounts§

(a)The Commissioner may reduce the amount of the financial penalty imposed on a violator, at the rates set out below, if one or more of the following circumstances exist:

(1)the violator has not violated any provision of the Ordinance or pursuant thereto in the three years preceding the violation (hereinafter – first violation) – 20 percent; has not violated the same provision in the three years preceding the violation – 10 percent;

(2)the violator ceased the violation on the violator's own initiative and reported it to the Commissioner – 30 percent;

(3)the violator took measures to prevent the recurrence of the violation and to minimise the damage, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner – 20 percent;

(4)in respect of a violation as referred to in section 14a(b)(8) – 40 percent, if the violator took advance measures to prevent the violation that are not required pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner; such advance measures may be carried out, inter alia, by means of any of the bodies listed below, subject to the violator having declared the absence of a conflict of interests between the violator and that body:

(a)a testing laboratory;

(b)an approved laboratory as defined in section 12(a) of the Standards Law;

(c)a laboratory accredited by a body that is a member of the ILAC or GLOBAL ACI organisation as defined in section 2f(c) and that holds professional liability insurance as prescribed by the Commissioner in the Commissioner's guidelines;

(d)an engineer as defined in the Engineers and Architects Law, 5718-1958, who has knowledge and expertise in the field of standardisation and holds professional liability insurance, all as prescribed by the Commissioner in the Commissioner's guidelines;

(e)another professional body prescribed by the Commissioner in the Commissioner's guidelines, provided that it holds professional liability insurance as prescribed in those guidelines.

Reduction on account of personal circumstances§

In respect of a violator who is an individual, where the Commissioner found that the violation was caused by personal circumstances that justify a reduction of the financial penalty or that difficult personal circumstances exist that justify refraining from imposing the maximum sanction on the violator, the Commissioner may reduce the amount of the financial penalty imposed on the violator by 35 percent.

Reduction on account of multiple circumstances§

Where several circumstances as referred to in sections 2 and 3 exist in respect of a violator, the Commissioner may reduce from the amount of the financial penalty the rates listed alongside those circumstances cumulatively, provided that the cumulative rate of reduction shall not exceed 90 percent of the amount of the financial penalty prescribed in respect of that violation if it was a first violation, and 85 percent thereof if it was a violation that is not a first violation.

Reduction on account of consideration of transaction turnover§

(a)Where the Commissioner found that the amount of the financial penalty exceeds 5 percent of the transaction turnover of the violator, the Commissioner may reduce the amount to an amount equal to 5 percent of the violator's transaction turnover.

(b)The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply whether or not the amount of the financial penalty was reduced pursuant to sections 2 and 3.

(c)A violator who requests a reduction of the amount of the financial penalty pursuant to this section shall submit to the Commissioner a confirmation in respect of the level of the violator's transaction turnover within 30 days of the date of delivery of the notice of intention to impose a financial penalty on the violator.

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Import and Export Ordinance [New Version], 5739-1979

First Schedule (section 2l(a)(1))

Second Schedule (section 14f)

Definitions§Cite ✦

Reduction of financial penalty amounts§Cite ✦

Reduction on account of personal circumstances§Cite ✦

Reduction on account of multiple circumstances§Cite ✦

Reduction on account of consideration of transaction turnover§Cite ✦

Definitions§

Reduction of financial penalty amounts§

Reduction on account of personal circumstances§

Reduction on account of multiple circumstances§

Reduction on account of consideration of transaction turnover§