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20 December 2022  
(22-9575) 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 6685 for "Jewellery and precious metals — Fineness of precious 
metal alloys"  
 
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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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: Products covered: Jewellery ICS: 39.060  
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 6685 for ""Jewellery and precious metals — Fineness of precious metal alloys" (9 pages, 
in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the draft of thi s standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/167/Add.1 
dated 14 March 2022.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 9202/2019  
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/167/Add.2  
 
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  Proposed date of entry into force: 6 December 2022.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from: National Enquiry Poi nt 
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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