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14 December 2020  
(20-9015) 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 [   ], 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 11.040.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of 
Egyptian standard for "External limb prostheses and external orthoses - Requirements 
and test methods" (100 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This draft standard specifies   requirements and test methods 
for external limb prostheses and extern al orthoses, including the following classifications 
from ISO 9999:  
06 03 - 06 15 Orthoses.  
06 18 - 06 27 Limb prostheses.  
It covers strength, materials, restrictions on use, risk and the provision of information 
associated with the normal conditions of use of both components and assemblies of 
components.  
This Standard does not cover special seating as it is not classified as an orthosis in ISO 
9999 and it is not normally body worn.  
NOTE 1 It is intended to cover orthopaedic footwear (classi fication 06 33) in the future.  
NOTE 2 The application of Quality Systems as described or referred to in ISO 13485 and 
ISO 13488 may be appropriate.  
Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with ISO 22523:2006.  G/TBT/N/EGY/279  
 
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  7. Objective and  rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements, Health and consumer protection.; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 22523:2006  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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  
 