G/TBT/N/EGY/296  
1 September 2021  
(21-6535) 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):  Water 
supply systems (ICS 91.140.60)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree No. 221 /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 5969 -2 
"Water meters for col d potable water and hot water — Part 2: test methods" (54 page(s), 
in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 221 /2021 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 5969 -2. 
This part is applicable to the type evaluation and initial verification testing of water meters 
for cold potable water and hot water as defined in ES 5969 -1 OIML  R 49-1:2013.  
OIML Certificates of Conformity can be issued for water meters under the scope of the 
OIML Certificate System, provided that this part of  standard |OIML  R 49, ES 5969 -
2|OIML  R 49-1:2013 and ES  5969-3|OIML  R 49-3:2013 are used in accordance with the 
rules of the System.  
This part sets out details of the test programme, principles, equipm ent and procedures to 
be used for the type evaluation, and initial verification of a meter type.  
The provisions of this part also apply to ancillary devices, if required by national 
regulations.  
The provisions include requirements for testing the complete water meter and for testing 
the measurement transducer (including the flow or volume sensor) and the calculator 
(including the indicating device) of a water meter as separate units.  G/TBT/N/EGY/296  
 
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  Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 4 064-2:2014 
(confirmed in 2019).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Technical requirements; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 4064 -2:2014 (confirmed in 2019).  
• The 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