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18 September 2019  
(19-5985) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 16 September 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt .  
 
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Products covered: ICS 79.040 (Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber), ICS 79.060.10 (plywood)  
This addendum concerns the notification of Draft of the Egyptian standard ES 949 -2 "Plywood – 
part 2: Tolerances on dimensions "(8 pages, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified i n G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of 
this Standard.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 1954:2013 (confirmed 
in 2019).  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amen dments in the Egyptian standards through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption: To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments a nd 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: + (2 02) 22845504  
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