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30 January 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  29 January 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  The Egyptian Standard ES 6134 -4 for "Medical Suction Equipment - Part 4: General 
requirements"  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 18 December 2023  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 5 January 2024  
[ ] 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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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: Anaesthetic, respiratory and reanimation equipment (ICS code(s): 
11.040.10)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.502/2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 6134 -4 for "Medical Suction Equipment - Part 4: General requirements"; (43 page(s), 
in Arabic)  
It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/346 dated 
8 March 2023  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 10079 -4/2021.  
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 : 18 December 2023  
 
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/346/Add.1  
 
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  Date of entry into force : 5 January 2024  
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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