  
  
G/TBT/N/EGY/231/Add.1  
4 June 2020  
(20-3973) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt .  
 
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Products covered: Furniture (ICS 97.140), Equipment for children (ICS 97.190)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 174/2020 (2 pages, in 
Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the 
Egyptian Standard ES 4230 -1 for "Children's high chairs - Part 1: Safety r equirements" (14 
page(s), in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the draft of this Egyptian Standard was formerly notified in 
G/TBT/N/EGY/231 dated 17 September 2019.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with EN  14988 -1:2006+A1:2012 .   
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: 10 March 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force: 10 April 2020  
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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