G/TBT/N/EGY/271  
5 Octob er 2020  
(20-6737) 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  / tbteos@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 notifi cation 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):  Heat 
pumps (ICS 27.080), Refrigerating technology (ICS 27.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of 
Egyptian standard ES 5056 -1 for "Refrigerating systems and heat pumps — Safety and 
environmental requirements — Part 1: Definitions, classification and selection criteria" 
(62 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This part of this draft standard specifies the requirements for 
the safety of persons and property, provides guidance for the protection of the 
environment, and establishes procedures for the operation, maintenance, and repair of 
refrigerating systems and the recovery of refrigerants.  
This part specifies the classification and selection criteria applicable to the refriger ating 
systems and heat pumps. These classification and selection criteria are used in ES 5149 -2, 
ES 5149 -3, and ES 5149 -4.  
This part applies to:  
a) refrigerating systems, stationary or mobile, of all sizes including heat pumps;  
b) secondary cooling or heating systems;  
c) the location of the refrigerating systems;  
d) replaced parts and added components after adoption of this part ES 5149 -1 if they are 
not identical in function and in the capacity.  
This part applies to fixed or mobile systems, except to v ehicle air conditioning systems 
covered by a specific product standard, e.g. ISO 13043 and SAE J 639.  G/TBT/N/EGY/271  
 
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  This part is applicable to new refrigerating systems, extensions or modifications of already 
existing systems, and for used systems, being transferred to and operated on another 
site. It also applies in the case of the conversion of a system to another refrigerant.  
Annex A specifies the limits for the quantity of refrigerant charge permitted in systems in 
various locations and occupancy classes.  
Annex B spe cifies the criteria for safety and environmental considerations of different 
refrigerants used in refrigeration and air conditioning.  
Systems containing refrigerants which are not listed in ES 4855 are not covered in this 
part of standard.  
Worth mentioning  is that this draft standard is technically identical with ISO 5149 -1:2014 
(Confirmed In 2020).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements ; Protection of the environment; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 5149-1:2014 (Confirmed in 2020)  
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  / tbteos@eos.org.eg   
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg   
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504