G/TBT/N/EGY/407  
15 February 2024  
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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):  Acid 
secondary cells and batteries (ICS code(s): 29.220.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language (s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 502 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 21 -7 for 
"lead-acid starter batteries –part 7: general requirements and methods of test for 
motorcycle batteries"; (26 page(s), in Arabic ) 
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 gives producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 21 -7 which 
is applicable to lead -acid batteries used primarily as a power source for the s tarting of 
internal combustion engines, lighting and ignition (SLI) of motorcycles and other power 
sport vehicles. The nominal voltage is 12 V or 6 V.  
Test definitions and criteria in this standard are for batteries with a nominal voltage of 12 
V only. For batteries with a nominal voltage of 6 V, all voltages have to be divided by two.  
The other power sports vehicles covered in this standard are snowmobiles, personal water 
crafts and all -terrain vehicles.  
This standard is not applicable to batterie s for other purposes, such as the back -up power 
sources, auxiliary equipment of internal combustion engine vehicles and e -bikes.  
This standard specifies:  
• general requirements;  
• size, essential functional characteristics, relevant test methods and result s required.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with IEC 60095 -7/2019.  G/TBT/N/EGY/407  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  safety requirements; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023  
• IEC 60095 -7/2019  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  18 December 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  5 January 2024  
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