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9 November 2021  
(21-8474) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  / eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel.: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cooking 
ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances (ICS 97.040.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree No. 221 /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 8434 
"Measuring method of the energy consumption of gas fired ovens" (29 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 221 /2021 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyp tian standard ES 8434 
which specifies the method of test for determining the gas energy consumption in gas -
fired domestic ovens when they are being used in one or more of the oven cooking modes 
defined in 3.1. It applies to the gas -fired domestic ovens whi ch are capable of utilizing 
gases of group H or group E or third family gases, possibly after conversion according to 
instructions for use.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with EN 
15181:2017 +A1:2020   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EN 15181:2017 +A1:2020  
• Ministerial Decree No. 221 /2021.  G/TBT/N/EGY/305  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 May 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  14 June 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
Address: 16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  / eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
 