G/TBT/N/EGY/309  
10 November 2021  
(21-8503) 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 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):  Concrete 
and concrete products (ICS 91.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 221  /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 8473 -1 
" Silica fume for concrete part:1 Definitions, requirements and conformity criteria" (33 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 221 /2021 gives the p roducers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 8473 -1 
which   applies to the silica fume which is a by -product of the smelting process used to 
produce silicon metal and ferro -silicon alloys. This part of gives re quirements for chemical 
and physical properties for silica fume to be used as a type II addition in concrete 
conforming to EN 206 -1, or in mortars, grouts and other mixes.  
This part also states conformity criteria and related rules. This standard does not  give 
rules for the use of silica fume in concrete. Some rules are given in EN 206 -1. NOTE 
1   Supplementary rules related to the use of silica fume in concrete may be given in non 
conflicting national standards for concrete. NOTE 2    EN 206 -1 (5.2.5.1 in the 2000 
edition) provides conditions for national acceptance of silica fumes coming from calcium 
silicon alloys production or other silica fumes, not conforming completely to EN 13263, as 
type II additions for use in concrete.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of EN 13263 -
1:2005+A1:2009  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  safety and quality requirements, conformity assessment . G/TBT/N/EGY/309  
 
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  8. Relevant docum ents:   
• EN 13263 -1:2005+A1:2009  
Ministerial Decree No. 221 /2021  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 May 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  14 June 2021  
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