G/TBT/N/EGY/247  
6 February 2020  
(20-0958) 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 notificati on 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):  Ergonomics 
(ICS 13.180), Buses (ICS 43.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of the 
following Egy ptian standards: - Road Vehicles - Ergonomic Requirements For The Driver's 
Workplace In Line Service Buses -Part 1: General Description, Basic Requirements (22 
page(s), in Arabic) - Road Vehicles - Ergonomic Requirements For The Driver's Workplace 
In Line Service Buses - part 2: Visibility (13 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  These draft standards apply to the driver's workplace in low -floor 
line-service buses designed for the carriage of passengers, comprising more than eight 
seats in additi on to the driver's seat, and having a maximum weight exceeding five metric 
tonnes and an overall width exceeding 2, 30 m. It contains basic requirements for an 
ergonomic and comfortable seating position, which is essential to keep drivers in a good 
state o f health. The dimensions and mounting positions of a driver's seat, pedals and 
steering should be carefully chosen to enable drivers to sit in an ergonomic seating 
position, The second part discuses the requirements for the driver's field of view to the 
area in front of the vehicle, to the entrance opposite the driver's seat and the interior 
compartment.  
Worth mentioning is that these draft standards are technically identical with ISO16121 -
1:2012    
ISO16121 -2:2011  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Health and Safety requirements  G/TBT/N/EGY /247 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO16121 -1:2012    
• ISO16121 -2:2011    
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