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15 May 2019  
(19-3374) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 7 May 2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Egypt .  
 
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Products covered: Tissue paper (ICS 85.080.20)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 102/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a twelve -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standards ES 3863 "diapers for children a nd adult" (19 pages, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that draft of this Egyptian Standard ES 3863 was formerly notified in 
G/TBT/N/EGY/204 dated 9 January 2019.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National studies and its  
updates.  
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: 7 February 2019.  
Proposed date of entry into force: 7 March 2019.  
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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