Israel - SI 13209 Part 2: Child Use and Care Articles - Soft Baby Carriers

​The requirements of the existing standard, SI 13209 part 2 on soft baby carrier, shall be declared mandatory. This declaration is in line with the mandatory standardization objective to protect human safety.

This standard adopts both the European Standard EN 13209-2: December 2015 and the American Standard ASTM F2236 - 14, and allows compliance with either one. The standard's Hebrew section includes the following national deviations:

National deviations from the European Standard (EN):
- Adds to the standard's scope a clarification that this standard does not apply to sling carriers, which are covered by SI 13209 part 3;
- Changes the normative references (paragraph 2);
- Deletes item a) of paragraph 10.3;
- Adds to table A.1 of normative Annex A a new row with the warnings' Hebrew translation.

National deviations from the American Standard (ASTM):
- Adds to the standard's scope a clarification that this standard does not apply to sling carriers, which are covered by SI 13209 part 3;
- Deletes from paragraph 1.4 the standard's scope;
- Deletes from the standard's scope a few sentences in paragraph 1.6;
- Adds to paragraph 8a requirement that the warnings shall be in Hebrew and provides in the new normative Annex A an official translation.