  
  
G/TBT/N/EGY /16/Add.3  
3 June 2020  
(20-3924) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt .  
 
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Products covered: toys (ICS 97.200.50)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 171/2020 (2 pages, in 
Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the 
Egyptian Standard ES 3123 -3 for "Safety of toys  - Part 3: Migration of certain elements" 
(56 pages, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No.758/2008 (3 pages, in Arabic) which was 
formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/16/Add.1 dated 3 March 2015, mandated among others the 
earlier version of this Standard, and its draft was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/E GY/16/Add.2 
dated 13 May 2019.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with EN 71 -3:2013+A3:2018.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption: 10 March 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force: 10 April 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:  
National Enquiry Point  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Ta dreeb 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  
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