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8 November 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  8 November 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title: The Egyptian Standard ES 42 " calcium silicate brick (sand -lime brick) - requirements "  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 20 May 2021  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 13 June 2021  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 14 June 2021  
[  ] 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[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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: Mineral materials and products ( ICS : 91.100.15)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 223 /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 42 " calcium silicate brick   (sand -lime brick) - requirements " (11 pages, in Arabic).  
This standard cancels and supersedes its las t edition in 2005.  
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of 
this Egyptian standard.  
Worth mentioning is th at this standard is technically identical with modification with ASTM C73/2017.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
 
Proposed date o f adoption: 20 May 2021.  
 
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.47  
 
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  Proposed date of entry into force: 14 June 2021.  
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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