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17 November 2022  
(22-8566) 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.: 0222845528  
Fax: 0222845504  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fertilizers 
(ICS code(s): 65.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docum ent: Draft of 
Egyptian standard ES 6496 "compost - specifications"; (16 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This draft of Egyptian standard specifies requirements, 
sampling, test methods for compost.  
Worth mentioning is that this draft standard complies with :  
- Regulation (EU) 2019/1009  
- IS 16556 /2016  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements, Quality requirements and protection of the 
environment; Other  
8. Relevant doc uments:   
- Regulation (EU) 2019/1009  
- IS 16556 /2016  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  G/TBT/N/EGY/338  
 
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  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  
 