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15 February 2022  
(22-1397) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  14 February 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title: The Egyptian Standard ES 7093 "essential requirements for safety of toys" (118 page(s), in 
Arabic).  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 24 August 2021  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 25 November 2021  
[  ] 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[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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:  Description:  Products covered: toys (ICS: 97.200.50)  
This addendum concerns the notification of Ministerial Decree No. 524/2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 7093 "essential requirements for safety of toys" (11 8 page(s), in Arabic).  
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 974/2014 (1 page, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/70/Corr.1 dated 11 June 2015 mandated among others the earlier versions 
of this standard and the draft of this st andard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/70/Add.1 dated 
10 November 2020.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with 2009/48/EC "Safety of toys".  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption: 24 August 2021  
 
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/70/Add.2  
 
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  Proposed date of entry into force: 25 November 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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