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20 December 2022  
(22-9533) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  20 December 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  The Egyptian Standard ES 6788 -4 "Intravascular Catheters — Sterile And Single -Use 
Catheters Part 4: Balloon Dilatation Catheters"  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 17 November 2022  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 6 December 2022  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  Products covered: Syringes, needles and catheters (ICS 11.040.25)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 561/2022 (2 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 6788 -4 "Intravascular Catheters — Sterile And Single -Use Catheters Part 4: Balloon 
Dilatation Catheters" (17 page(s), in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/265 dated 
21 September 2020.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 10555 -4/2013 (Confirmed in 
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: 17 November 2022  
 
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/265/Add.1  
 
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  Proposed date of entry into force: 6 December 2022.  
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments and text available from: National Enquiry Point 
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  /eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
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