  
  
G/TBT/N/EGY/191/Add.2  
4 June 2020  
(20-4001) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt .  
 
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Products covered: Footwear (ICS 61.060)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 171/2020 (2 pages, in 
Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the 
Egyptian Standard  ES 3572 for "Sports footwear and its Parts" (28 pages, in Arabic).  
It should b e noted that the Ministerial Decrees No. 477/2018 (3 pages, in Arabic) which was 
formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/191 dated 4 September 2018 mandated among others the 
earlier version of this Standard, and its draft was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/191/ Add.1 
dated 17 October 2019.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with:  
• JIS S 5050: Leather shoes.  
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) "Acceptable Quality Standards 
in the Leather and footwear industry"  
Producers and impor ters are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption: 10 March 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force: 10 April 2020  
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://w ww.eos.org.eg   
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
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