G/TBT/N/EGY/406  
9 February 2024  
(24-1101) 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Ventilators. Fans. Air -conditioners (ICS code(s): 23.120); Heat pumps (ICS code(s): 
27.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of the 
Egyptian standard "Multiple split -system air conditioners and air -to-air heat pumps — 
Testing and rating for performance "; (102 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft of Egyptian standard specifies the performance 
testing, the standard conditions and the test methods for determining the capacity and 
efficiency ratings of air -cooled air conditioners and air -to-air heat pumps.  
It is applicable to the following equipment:  
Basic multi -split systems, modular multi -split systems and modular heat recovery multi -
split systems. These multi -split systems include air -to-air systems with non -ducted and/or 
ducted indoor units with integral fans and indoor units s upplied without fans.  
It is limited to:  
- Residential, commercial and industrial split -system air conditioners and heat pumps;  
- Factory -made, electrically driven and use mechanical compression;  
- Single - and multiple -circuit split -systems which utilize on e or more compressors with no 
more than two steps of control of the outdoor unit; or  G/TBT/N/EGY/406  
 
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  - Split-systems with a single refrigeration circuit which utilize one or more variable -speed 
compressors or alternative compressor combinations for varying the capacity of  the 
system by three or more steps.  
Worth mentioning is that this Draft standard adopts the technical content of ISO 
15042:2017/AMD 1:2020  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements.; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 15042:2017/AMD 1:2020  
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  / eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel: + (20 2) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504