PREAMBLE
COMMITTED to reducing obstacles to trade;
CONSCIOUS of the dynamic and rapidly changing global environment brought about by globalisation and technological progress that presents various economic and strategic
DETERMINED to support the growth and development of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises by enhancing their ability to participate in and benefit from the
AIMING to establish a clear, transparent, and predictable legal and commercial framework for business planning, that supports further expansion of trade and investment;
HAVE AGREED, in pursuit of the above, to conclude the following Agreement
INITIAL PROVISIONS AND GENERAL DEFINITIONS Section A: General Definitions
Definitions of General Application
Agreement on Agriculture means the Agreement on Agriculture, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;
Anti-Dumping Agreement means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 and its Interpretative Notes, contained in Annex 1A to the
Customs Authority refers to the Israel Customs Authority of the Israel Tax Authority of the Ministry of Finance in the case of Israel, and to the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship,
GATS means the General Agreement on Trade in Services, contained in Annex 1B of the WTO Agreement;
GATT 1994 means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, contained in Annex 1A of the WTO Agreement;
Harmonized System (HS) means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, Chapter Notes, and subheading notes;
Safeguards Agreement means the Agreement on Safeguards, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;
SCM Agreement means the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;
SME means a small and medium-sized enterprise, including a micro enterprise;
SPS Agreement means the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;
WTO means the World Trade Organization; and
Harmonized System (HS) means the Harmonized Trade Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, Chapter Notes and subheadings;.
WTO Agreement means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done on 15 April 1994
Section B: Initial Provisions Article 1.2: Establishment of a Free Trade Area
Objective
Relation to Other Agreements
- The Parties affirm their existing rights and obligations with respect to each other under the WTO Agreement and other agreements to which both Parties are party
- In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the WTO Agreement, this Agreement prevails, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement
- In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any agreement other than the WTO Agreement to which both Parties are a Party, the Parties shall, upon request,
Extent of Obligations
- When this Agreement refers to or incorporates by reference other agreements or legal instruments in whole or in part, those references include related footnotes, interpretative
- When this Agreement incorporates by reference other agreements or international legal instruments in whole or in part, except when the reference affirms existing rights, this
Transparency
TRADE IN GOODS
Import Licensing Agreement means the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement
Scope
Section A: National Treatment Article 2.3: National Treatment
- Each Party shall accord national treatment to the goods of the other Party in accordance with Article III of GATT 1994, including its interpretive notes, and to this end Article III
- Paragraph 1 does not apply to the measures set out in Annex 2A Section B: Reduction or Elimination of Customs Duties
- Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party may increase any existing customs duty, or adopt any new customs duty, on an originating good of the other party
- Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, upon the entry into force of this Agreement, each Party shall reduce or eliminate its customs duties on originating goods of
- If at any moment, after the entry into force of this Agreement, a Party reduces its applied most-favoured-nation (hereinafter referred to as “MFN”) customs duty, that duty rate shall
- Upon the request of either Party, the Parties shall consult to consider accelerating or broadening the scope of the reduction or elimination of customs duties set out in their
- For greater certainty
- Classification of Goods
- The classification of goods in trade between the Parties shall be that set out in the respective tariff nomenclature of each Party in conformity with the Harmonized System (HS) and its
- The Parties shall mutually decide whether any revisions are necessary to implement Annexes 2B or 2C due to periodic amendments and transposition of the Harmonized
- If the Parties decide that revisions are necessary in accordance with paragraph 2, the transposition of the schedules of tariff commitments shall be carried out in accordance with
- Each Party shall ensure that the transposition of its schedule of tariff commitments under paragraph 3 does not afford less favourable treatment to an originating good of the other
- A Party may introduce new tariff splits, provided that the preferential conditions applied in the new tariff splits are not less preferential than those applied originally
- Valuation of Goods
(c) (Functions of the Joint Committee). (a) nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Party from unilaterally accelerating or extending the elimination of customs duties as set out in its schedule in Annexes 2B or 2C on originating goods; Each Party shall ensure that the conversion of its Schedule of Tariff Commitments under paragraph 3 does not grant less favorable treatment to an originating good of the other paragraph 3 does not accord a less favorable treatment to an originating good of the other Party than that specified in its list in Annex 2B or 2C.
Section C: Special Regimes Article 2.7: Temporary Admission of Goods
- Each Party shall, in accordance with its respective domestic law, grant temporary admission free of customs duties for the following goods imported from the other Party,
- Each Party shall, at the request of the importer and for reasons deemed valid by its Customs Authority, extend the time limit for temporary admission beyond the period initially fixed
- Neither Party may condition the temporary admission of a good referred to in paragraph 1, other than to require that the good
- If any condition that a Party imposes under paragraph 3 has not been fulfilled, that Party may apply the customs duty and any other charge that would normally be owed on the
- Each Party through its Customs Authority shall adopt and maintain procedures providing for the expeditious release of goods admitted under this Article. To the extent possible,
- Each Party shall permit a good temporarily admitted under this Article to be exported through a customs port other than that through which it was admitted in accordance with
- Each Party shall provide that the importer of a good admitted under this Article shall not be liable for failure to export the good on presentation of satisfactory proof to the importing
- Goods Re-Entered After Repair or Alteration
- Neither Party shall apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory in accordance with its laws and procedures after that good has been temporarily
- Neither Party shall apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration
- For purposes of this Article, “repair” or “alteration” does not include an operation or process that
- Duty-Free Entry of Commercial Samples of Negligible Value and Printed Advertising Materials Materials
The Contracting Party may condition the exemption from liability under this paragraph on the requirement that the importer receives prior approval from the customs authority of the importing Contracting Party before the goods can be destroyed in this way. Neither Contracting Party shall apply customs duties to goods, regardless of their origin, temporarily imported from the territory of the other Contracting Party for repair or processing. temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
Section D: Non-Tariff measures Article 2.10: Non-Tariff Measures
- The Parties shall ensure that non-tariff measures are not prepared, adopted or applied with a view to creating unnecessary obstacles to trade with the other Party
- If a Party considers that a non-tariff measure of the other Party is an unnecessary obstacle to trade, that Party may present such a non-tariff measure for review by the Subcommittee
- Import and Export Restrictions
- Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party may adopt or maintain any prohibition or restriction on the importation of any good of the other Party or on the
- In the event that a Party introduces a measure that imposes a prohibition or restriction otherwise justified under the relevant provisions of the WTO Agreement with respect to
- Paragraphs 1 and 2 do not apply to the measures set out in Annex 2A
- Import Licensing
- Neither Party may adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 1
- Neither Party may apply an import license to a good of the other Party unless the Party has complied with the requirements of paragraph 2 with respect to that import license. Where
- Export Subsidies
- Neither Party shall adopt or maintain any export subsidy on any good destined for the territory of the other Party in accordance with the SCM Agreement and the Agreement on
- Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Parties reaffirm that a Party may maintain an export subsidy on an agricultural good only in accordance with its commitments made in the WTO
- Administrative Fees and Formalities
- Each Party shall ensure that all fees and charges imposed in connection with importation and exportation shall be consistent with their obligations under Article VIII:1 of GATT
- Each Party shall make available and maintain through the internet a current list of the fees and charges it imposes in connection with importation or exportation
- Export Duties, Taxes, or Other Charges
- State Trading Enterprises
Neither Party may apply an import license to any good of the other Party unless the Party has complied with the requirements of paragraph 2 with respect to that import license. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party shall establish or maintain any duties, taxes or other charges on the exportation of goods destined for the territory of the other Party.
Section E: Other Measures Article 2.17: Restrictions to Safeguard the Balance of Payments
The Parties shall endeavour to avoid the imposition of restrictive measures for balance-of- payments purposes
Each Party shall make available on the Internet an up-to-date list of the fees and charges it imposes in connection with imports or exports. The Parties affirm their existing rights and obligations under Article XVII of the GATT 1994, the Interpretative Notes and the Agreement on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994 contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement.
The rights and obligations of the Parties relating to restrictions to safeguard the balance of payments shall be in accordance with the GATT 1994, which includes the Understanding
Section F: Institutional Provisions Article 2.18: Subcommittee on Trade in Goods
The Parties herby establish a Subcommittee on Trade in Goods, comprising representatives of each Party
The Subcommittee shall meet upon request of a Party or the Joint Committee to consider any matter arising under this Chapter
The Subcommittee’s functions shall include, inter alia
Each Party shall make available and maintain a current list of the fees and charges it charges in connection with imports or exports through the Internet. and charges it levies in connection with imports or exports.
ANNEX 2A
EXCEPTIONS TO ARTICLES 2.3 (NATIONAL TREATMENT) AND 2.11 (IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTRICTIONS)
Articles 2.3 (National Treatment) and 2.11 (Import and Export Restrictions) do not apply to measures adopted in respect of
ANNEX 2B
ISRAEL - REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES
- Except as otherwise provided in the Schedule to this Annex, the following staging categories apply to the reduction or elimination of customs duties pursuant to Article 2.4.2
- The base rate of customs duty and staging category for determining the interim rate of customs duty at each stage of reduction for an item are indicated for the item in the
- For the purposes of this Annex and the Schedule contained herein, year one means the year the Agreement enters into force as provided in Article 2.4 (Reduction or Elimination of
- For the purposes of this Annex and the Schedule contained herein, beginning in year two, each annual stage of tariff reduction shall take effect on January 1 of the relevant year
MFN-50%” in the Annex shall be reduced by fifty percent and such goods shall remain at 50 percent of the base rate as of the date this Agreement enters into force;. k) customs duties on originating goods that fall under the items in staging category. If the duty is expressed in monetary units, the intermediate incremental rates in the case of Israel shall be rounded down at least to the nearest Israeli shekel.
G ENERAL N OTES
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF ISRAEL
Relation to the Customs Tariff and Exemptions and Purchase Tax on Goods Order (hereinafter referred to as “Israeli Customs Tariff”). The provisions of this Schedule are generally
Karper (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon,.idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp.,.Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp -:(.Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp. Verse of gekoelde tilapiafilets (Oreochromis spp.), meerval (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), karper (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus. Andere karpers (Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti , Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.) Kilogram 11.00 NIS per Kilogram Nr.
Coffee, tea, maté and spices
THAT THEIR MOISTURE LEVEL IS LOWER THAN 24% IN PACKAGES CONTAINING 30 KG OR MORE AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE. SEEDS IF APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR SOWING ONLY. OTHERWORKED GRAINS (E.G. HUSKED, ROLLED, FLAKED, PEARLED, CUT OR CRUSHED), EXCEPT RICE OF 10.06; GERMS OF CEREALS WHOLE WELL, FLAKED OR GROUND.
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and
PREPARATIONS SUITABLE FOR INFANTS OR SMALL CHILDREN ready FOR retail sale Kilogram Duty Free no. 0. In respect of which the Director of the Ministry of Health has confirmed that it will be used for medical purposes in hospitals or clinics of the Health Fund or Red Magen David or the Ministry of Health, provided that it is used as stated. conditional) Liter Duty Free no. Rum and other spirits obtained by distillation of fermented: sugar cane products Liter Duty Free no. 0.
TO BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MEDICINAL DRUGS, EXCEPT Liter Duty Free No. PELLET FORM, WHICH RESULTS FROM OIL EXTRACTION OF BEAUTIFUL NUTS Kilograms Duty Free Nr.
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
VEGETABLE MATERIAL OR VEGETABLE WASTES, VEGETABLE WASTES AND BY-PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT IN PELLET FORM, OF A KIND USED IN ANIMAL FEEDING, WHETHER OR NOT EXCEEDED.
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and
KIESELGUHR, TRIPOLITE AND DIATOMITE) AND SIMILAR FIBROUS EARTHS, WHETHER OR NOT BALANCED, OF APPEARING SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 1 OR LESS. SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGH WORKED OR SIMPLY SAWED, BY SAW OR OTHERWISE INTO BLOCKS OR PLATES OF RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) FORM. MARBLE, TRAVERTINE, ECAUSSINE AND OTHER LIME-GENERATING MONUMENTAL OR BUILDING STONE OF APPEARING SPECIFIC WEIGHT OF 2.5 OR MORE, AND ALABAST, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGH WORKED OR SIMPLY SAWED, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE INTO BLOCKS OR PLATES OF RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) ) FORM.
GRANITE, PORPHYRIA, BASALT, SANDSTONE AND OTHER MONUMENTAL OR BUILDING STONE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGH WORKED OR SIMPLY SAWED, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE INTO BLOCKS OR PLATES OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE. Quota percentage EVEN IF HEAT TREATED; MACADAM FROM SLAG, DROSS OR SIMILAR INDUSTRIAL WASTE. PEBBLE STONES, GRAVEL, BROKEN OR CRUSHED STONE, OF A KIND COMMONLY USED FOR CONCRETE AGGREGATE, FOR ROAD METALING OR FOR RAILWAYS OR OTHER BALLASTING TIE AND FINT, WHETHER OR NOT HEAT TREATED.
DOLOMITE, WHETHER OR NOT SINTERED OR SINTERED, INCLUDING DOLOMITE COARSELY CUT OR BARELY CUT, BY SAW OR OTHERWISE INTO BLOCKS OR SHEETS OF A SQUARE (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE; DOLOMITE RAM MIXTURE. PLASTER; ANHYDRITE; PLASTERS (CONSISTING OF BALCINNATED GYPSUM OR CALCIUM SULPHATE) WHETHER OR NOT COLORED, WITH OR WITHOUT MINOR QUANTITIES OF ACCELERATORS OR RETARDANTS.
Mineral fuels, Mineral Oils and Products of their Distillation;
0 2620 0 Slag, ashes and residues (Other than of iron or steel), containing arsenic, . CONTAINING ARSENIC, MERCURY, THALLIUM OR THEIR MIXTURES, OF A KIND USED FOR THE EXTRACTION OF ARSENIC OR THOSE METALS OR FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THEIR CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS. TAR DISTILLED FROM COAL, FROM LIGINE OR FROM TUREN, AND OTHER MINERAL TAR, WHETHER DEHYDRATED OR PARTIALLY DISTILLED, INCLUDING RECENT .TAR.
OILS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE DISTILLATION OF HIGHER COAL OIL AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS IN WHICH THE WEIGHT OF THE AROMATIC COMPONENTS EXCEEDS THAT OF THE NON-AROMATIC COMPONENTS. Other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 C by ISO 3405 (equivalent to ASTM method D 86. PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS DERIVED FROM BITUMINOUS AND OTHER ORE MINERALS ) SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED, CONTAINING BY WEIGHT 70% OR MORE OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OILS DERIVED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS, THESE OILS BEING BASE.
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and preparations, not elsewhere specified or included, containing 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic ingredients of the preparations, containing biodiesel, excluding spent oil. VASELINE; PARAFFIN WAX, MICROCRYSTALLINE PETROLEUM WAX, SLACK WAX OZOKERITE, WEDDING WAX, TURENWAX, OTHER MINERAL WAX AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS. OBTAINED BY SYNTHESIS OR OTHER PROCESSES, WHETHER COLORED.
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious
- INORGANIC ACIDS AND INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON- METALS
- HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS
- INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS
- SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS .FLUORIDES; FLUOROSILICATES, FLUOROALUMINATES AND OTHER COMPLEX
- MISCELLANEOUS
Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their ;derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter paints and varnishes; putty and other
Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials;
UNCOATED PAPER AND CARDBOARD, OF A KIND USED FOR WRITING, PRINTING OR OTHER GRAPHIC PURPOSES, AND UNPERFORATED PUNCH CARDS AND PUNCH TAPE, IN ROLLS OR RECTANGULAR (SQUARE) SHEETS, OF ANY FORMAT, OTHER THAN PAPER OF HEADING NO 48.01 OR 48.03; HANDMADE PAPER AND CARDBOARD. OTHER PAPER AND CARDBOARD NOT CONTAINING FIBERS, OBTAINED BY A MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESS OR WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED 10 WEIGHT OF: THE TOTAL FIBER CONTENT CONSISTS OF SUCH FIBERS. COMPOSITE PAPER AND CARDBOARD (MADE BY GLUING FLAT LAYERS OF PAPER OR CARDBOARD TOGETHER WITH AN ADHESIVE), NOT SURFACE COATED OR IMPREGNED. EVEN IF INTERNALLY REINFORCED, ON ROLLS OR SHEETS.
PAPER AND PAPER, CORRUGATED (WHETHER OR NOT STAINED, CRUSHED, CRIPPED, CROPPED OR PERFORATED, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS, EXCLUDING PAPER. OF A TYPE OF PLAIN SURFACE, PERFORATED OR PERFORATED AVE , EXCLUDING PAPER.- COPYING AND COPYING OR OTHER TRANSFER PAPER (INCLUDING COATED OR COATED PAPER FOR DUPLICATOR SETS OR OFFSET PLATES) WHETHER OR NOT PRINTED, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS. USED PAPER AND PAPER OF A KIND FOR OTHER WRITING, INING FIBERS OBTAINED BY A MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PROCESS OR OF NOT MORE THAN 10% BY WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL: FIBER CONTENT CONSISTS OF FIBERS.
PAPER AND CARDBOARD USED FOR WRITING, PRINTING OR OTHER GRAPHIC PURPOSES WEIGHING MORE THAN 10 % OF TOTAL FIBER CONTENT: IS CONSISTED OF FIBERS OBTAINED BY MECHANICAL OR CHEMICO-MECHANICAL PROCESS. Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width up to and including 36 cm or cut to size or shape;
Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the
TEXTURED THREADS; IN WHICH THE NUMBERING OF THE THINEST ANKLE WEAR EXCEEDS 150 DENIER, BESIDES BEING MADE ENTIRELY OF CONTINUOUS POLYESTER FIBERS. THE WEIGHT OF THE WOVEN FABRIC IS NOT LESS THAN 650 GR PER SQ/M Kilogram Tax Free No. MADE COMPLETELY OF MULTIFILAMENT THREADS IN WHICH THE THINEST SINGLE THREAD EXCEEDS 300 DENIER, EXCLUDING THE EXCLUSION OF THE TEXTURE.
Made entirely of polyamide multifilament yarns in which the dimensions of the thinnest single yarn exceed 200 denier and their weight does not exceed 120 gr per sq/m. MADE ENTIRELY OF MULTIFILAMENT YARN IN WHICH THE MEASUREMENT OF THE THINEST SINGLE YARN EXCEEDS 300 DENIER, EXCLUDING THOSE OF THE TEXTURED TYPE AND EXCLUSIVELY EFFECT YARN. TEMPERATURES OF 100 CELSIUS DEGREES, OF THE TYPE USED AS A BASIS FOR Kilogram Duty Free No.
MADE ENTIRELY (100%) OF MULTIFILAMENT YARN, WHOSE TOTAL THICKNESS EXCEEDS 210 DENIER AND DOES NOT EXCEED 300 DENIER WHERE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY HAS CONFIRMED IT IN COOPERATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE WOVEN FABRIC IS NOT LESS THAN 650 GRAMS PER KVM Kilogram duty free no.
