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30 January 2024  
(24-0661) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  29 January 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  The Egyptian Standard ES 1425 "multilayer board"  
 
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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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 85.060) Paper and board  
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 1425 "multilayer board" (16 pages, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the draft of this stan dard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.51 
dated 14 December 2022.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National Studies.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards throu gh 
the publication of administrative orders in the 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:  
 
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/3/Add.63  
 
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  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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