G/TBT/N/EGY/321  
9 May 2022  
(22-3591) 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):  None 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree N o. 102/2022 (2 pages, in Arabic) for the commitment of Production according to 
Egyptian standards.  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 102/2022 (2 pages, in Arabic) 
mandates that the Producers and importers abided by the mandatory Egyptian standards. 
In case of absence of mandatory Egyptian Standards, the following standards will be 
accepted:  
• Egyptian standards (ES).  
• International standards (ISO/IEC).  
• European standards issued by EN , in case of non -availability it is repl aced by 
British Standards (BS) or German Standards (DIN) or French Standards (NF).  
• American standards (ANSI)  
• Japanese Standards ( JIS)  
• Standards issued by International Standards Codex (CODEX).  
• Standards issued by ASTM international.  
• Standards issued by th e Japan Automobile Organization (JASO).  
• Standards issued by the International Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).  
• Standards issued by the American Petroleum Institute (API).  
• Unified Arab Standards issued by the Arab Industrial Development and Mining 
Organization.  
• Technical regulations issued by the United Nations for vehicles and their 
components.  
• Standards issued by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  
• Standards issued by the International Organization for Legal Metrology (OIML).  G/TBT/N/EGY/321  
 
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  The who le product or commodity shall be subject to one standard without subjecting its 
items to more than one standard  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality and Safety requirements . 
8. Relevant documents:   
Ministerial Decree No. 102 /2022  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 February 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  11 March 2022  
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