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4 June 2020  
(20-3969) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
Address: 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  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Other 
wood -based panels (ICS 79.060.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree No. 174/20 20 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 8350 -3 
for "Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) - Bonding quality - Part 3: specification" (9 page(s), 
in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  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.  
This standard specifies the requirements for Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) for general 
purposes and structural applications, in dry, tropical -dry/humid or high humidity/exterior 
conditions. Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is a general description for an assembly of 
veneers laminated with an adhesive, in which the grain direction of the outer veneers and 
most other veneers is in the longitudinal direction.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 18776/2008 
Amd.1:2013 (confirmed in 2018).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety, consumer protection and quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• the Ministerial Decree No. 174/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic)  
• ISO 18776/2008 Amd.1:2013 (confirmed in 2018 )  G/TBT/N/EGY/260  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  10 March 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  10 April 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
Address: 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  
 