economic program law memorandum for the years 2017-2018 legislative corrections chapter 13 standardization sections 63-67 53 pages in hebrew div div chapter 13 of the new draft law memorandum announced by israels ministry of finance titled economic program law memorandum for the years 2017-2018 legislative corrections dealing with standardization introduces major changes in legislation. section 63of this new draft lawintroduces a draft amendmentto israels standards law 5713-1953. this amendment aims to remove trade barriers caused by the current standardization and testing regimeconducted bythe standards institution of israel sii andadds among others a new traceability regime along the supply chain which requires importers and manufacturers to kee and provide specific details and documentation for at least 7 years and specifies the penalties for failure to comply section 64 of the new draft law determines theentry into force of the various requirements introduced in section 63 of the draft amendment to israels standards law. section 65 of the new draft lawintroduces a draft amendmentto israels import and export order 5739-1979 . this amendment aims to promote the integration of the new recognized testing laboratories in performing tests for products subject to mandatory standards and to reduce the regulatory burden from importers. it includes the following ol li replaces the requirement to provide an affidavit notarized by an attorney with a suppliers declaration of conformity sdoc . this import facilitation is accompanied by a list of authorities and tools controlling it lili establishes a new importers registry to be managed by the commissioner of standardization and requires all importers of products subject to mandatory standards to register in it li ol section 66 of the new draft law determines that theentry into force of the amendmentto israels import and export order will be 6 months after theentry into force of the economic program law memorandum for the years 2017-2018 with specific options for postponement and transition periods.div section 67 of the new draft law allows for transition periods and special conditions for performing compliance tests according to the methods practised at present by the standards institution of israel in its procedure 401 and the different types of annexes shin. div