power cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for rated voltages from 1kv um 1.2kv u to 30kv um 36kv cables for rated voltages of 1kv um 1.2kv and 3 kv um 3.6kv 13 pages in hebrew and 110 pages in english and french . revision of the mandatory standard si 1516 part 1. this revised draft standard adopts the international standard iec 60502-1 - edition 2.1 2009-1 with the following changes which appear in the standards hebrew section amends the normative references in paragraph 1.2 to fit israel and adds references to israel electricity law 1954 and to israels consumer protection order 1983 including all their amendments and regulations. changes paragraph 6.2 dealing with insulation thickness by reducing the nominal thickness of pvc a insulation in table 5 and by adding a new paragraph 6.201 providing further cable specification such as strands colours table 201 and markings paragraphs 6.201.1 and 6.201.2 . adds to paragraph 7 dealing with assembly of multi-core cables inner covering and fillers a clarification regarding the interweaving correlation. adds to paragraph 7.1 dealing with the inner covering and fillers a requirement for the inner construction. deletes paragraph 7.1.3 including table 8 dealing with thickness of extruded inner covering. deletes paragraph 12.2 including table 8a dealing with the materials of the metallic armour and instead adds to table 10 of the adopted iec standard a specific remark regarding the correlation between the string width and the cable diameter. adds to table 10 of paragraph 12.5 dealing with correlation between cable diameters and armour dimensions a clarification remark. changes paragraph 13 and all its sub-paragraphs dealing with oversheath its materials and colours. adds a new paragraph 13a with a requirement to comply also with the european directive 2002 95 ec rohs from january 27 2003. adds to paragraph 16.5.3 dealing with the requirements for non-metallic sheaths a new requirement for measuring the nominal covering thickness. changes paragraph 18.14.1 dealing with flame spread test on single cables by adding a requirement to comply with the requirements of the iec 60332 series. the major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follows changes in the insulation requirements and thickness. includes new structure and requirements for halogen free cables with low flame spreading and low level of smoke emission.