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15 February 2024  
(24-1356) 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  
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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Implants 
for surgery, prosthetics and orthotics (ICS code(s): 11.040.40)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 6786 -1 
for " Implants for surgery - Metallic skeletal pins and wires - Part 1: General 
requirements".; (10 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 gives producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 6786 -1 
which specifies general requirements for metallic skeletal pins and wires for use in  bone 
surgery, excluding wires for binding and twisting.  
This standard cancels and supersedes its last edition issued ES 6786 -1/2008  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 5838 -1/2013  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial Decree No. 499/2023  
• ISO 5838 -1/2013  G/TBT/N/EGY/413  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  18 December 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  5 January 2024  
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: + (20 2) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
 