G/TBT/N/EGY/213  
 
10 May 2019  
(19-3216) 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):  Gas 
cylinders ICS 23.020.35  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decre e No. 103/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the following Egyptian standards:  
- ES 5057 -1 " Transportable gas cylinders - Refillable welded steel gas cylinders - 
Design and construction – Part: 1 Carbon steel " (51 pages, in English).  
- ES 5057 -2" Transporta ble gas cylinders - Refillable welded steel gas cylinders - 
Design and construction - Part 2: Stainless steel" (53 pages, in English).  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No.103/2019 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional  period to abide by these Egyptian standards ES 5057 -
1,5057 -2 which specify the minimum requirements concerning material, design, 
construction and workmanship, manufacturing processes and testing of refillable 
transportable welded carbon steel gas cylinder s of water capacities from 0.5 l up to and 
including 150 l for compressed, liquefied and dissolved gases.  
It should be noted that these standards cancel and supersede the Egyptian standard 
ES 5057/2006 "Liquefied chlorine gas cylinders of water capacity 42 0-840 litre refillable 
welded steel – design, construction and testing"  (37 pages, in Arabic).  
Worth mentioning is that these standards adopt the technical content of EN 13322 -
1:2003/A1:2006, EN 13322 -2:2003/A1:2006.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection and safety  G/TBT/N/EGY/213  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• EN 13322 -1:2003/A1:2006.  
• EN 13322 -2:2003/A1:2006.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  7 February 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  7 March 2019  
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