G/TBT/N/EGY/378  
9 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):  Domestic 
safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Electric heaters (ICS code(s): 97.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating The Egyptian standard ES 7286 for " 
Household and similar electrical appliances - Particular requirements for heated carpets 
and for heating uni ts for room heating installed under removable floor coverings".; (894 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 7286 
which deals with the safety of:  
• Portable heated carpets;  
• Heated carpets and similar appliances;  
• Heating units to heat the room in which they are located and that are intended to 
be installed directly under materials used as a removable floor covering such as 
carpet, cushion vinyl, or loose laid laminate,  
Their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for single -phase installations and 480 V 
for other installations, including direct current (DC) supplied appliances.  
Attention is drawn to the fac t that  
• In many countries different wiring rules apply;  G/TBT/N/EGY/378  
 
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  • For appliances intended to be used in vehicles or on board ships or aircraft, 
additional requirements can be necessary;  
• In many countries additional requirements are specified by the national 
authoriti es for fire protection, the national authorities for building regulations, the 
national health authorities, the national authorities responsible for the protection 
of labour and similar authorities.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technic al content of IEC 60335 -2-
106:2021  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements.; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial Decree No 499 /2023  
• IEC 60335 -2-106/2021  
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.or g.eg 
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504