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30 March 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  29 March 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title: The Egyptian Standard ES 1595 -2 "Rubber Gloves Used For Medical Purposes Part 2: Single 
– Use Medical Examination Gloves Made From Rubber Latex Or Rubber Solution" (21 pages, in 
English).  
 
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[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Products covered: (ICS 11.140) Hospital equipment, (ICS 83.140.99) Other rubber 
and plastics products.  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 609 /2020 (3  pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 1595 -2 "Rubber Gloves Used For Medical Purposes Part 2: Single – Use Medical 
Examination Gloves Made From Rubber Latex Or Rubber Solution " (21 pages, in English).     
It should be noted that the Mini sterial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005, mandated among others the earlier version of 
this Egyptian standard.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of ISO 11193 -1 /2020 .  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
 
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/3/Add.41  
 
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  Proposed date of adoption: 4 December 2020.  
Proposed date of entry into f orce: 15 January 2021.  
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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