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12 March 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  11 March 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  the Egyptian Standard ES 3123 -3 "Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements" 
(partial amendment).  
 
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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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: (ICS code: 97.200.50) toys  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 3123 -3 "Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements" " (partial amendment 
in 1 page, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 524/2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/16/Add.5 dated 14 February 2022, mandated among others the earlier 
version of this Standard.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been partially modified in the following items:  
- Table (2) Limits of migratory elements.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with EN 71 -3:2013+A3:2018  
 
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/16/Add.7  
 
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  Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through 
the publication of administrative orders in th e official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption:  18 December 2023  
Proposed 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 an d Quality  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  /eos.tbt@eo s.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
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