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12 March 2024  
(24-2230) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  11 March 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  Draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 3794 for "  energy efficiency of household and similar 
electrical appliances -measurement and calculation methods for energy consumption of 
refrigerators, refrigerator -freezers and freezers".  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:  
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
Draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 3794 for " energy efficiency of household and similar 
electrical appliances -measurement and calculation methods for energy consumption of 
refrigerators, refrigerator -freezers and freezers".  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  Products covered: ICS code : 97.040.30  ( domestic refrigerating appliances)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 3794 " energy 
efficiency of household and similar electrical appliances - measurement and calculation methods for 
energy consumption of refrigerators, refrigerator -freezers and freezers" (87 pages, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that Ministerial Decrees No. 612/2007 which was formerly notified in 
G/TBT/N/EGY/178 dated 11 January 2018 and the Ministerial Decree No. 477/2018 (3 pages, in 
Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/178/Add.1 dated 4 September 2018 , mandated 
among others the earlier versions of this Standard.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/EGY/178/Add.2  
 
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  Worth mentioning i s that this draft standard is formulated according to National Studies.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Date of adoption : To be determined.  
Date of entry into force: To be determined.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:  
National Enquiry Point 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  
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