G/TBT/N/EGY/417  
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):  Sanitary 
installations (ICS code(s): 91.140.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the n otified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 7296 " 
Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Particular requirements for toilet 
appliances".; (66 page(s), in English)  
6. Descripti on of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 gives producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 7296 
which deals with the safety of electric toilet appliances having a rated voltage being not 
more than  250 V, in which excrement is stored, dried or destructed or which wash or dry 
parts of the human body. Examples of such electric toilets are the following and they can 
be used to process garbage such as paper and food waste.  
- Mouldering toilets;  
- Package toilets;  
- Freezing toilets;  
- Vacuum toilets.  
This standard also applies to electric equipment for use with conventional toilets.  
Examples of such electric equipment are  
- Automatic seat covering devices;  
- Hopping units;  G/TBT/N/EGY/417  
 
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  - Heated seats;  
- Pumping  units;  
- Water heaters for spray seats;  
- Spray seats.  
As far as is practicable, this standard deals with the common hazards presented by 
appliances that are encountered by all persons in and around the home. However, in 
general, it does not take into account young children playing with the appliance.  
Attention is drawn to the fact that  
- For appliances intended to be used in vehicles or on board ships or aircraft, additional 
requirements can be necessary;  
- In many countries, additional requirements ar e specified by the national health 
authorities, the national authorities responsible for the protection of labour, the national 
water supply authorities and similar authorities.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of IEC 603 35-2-
84:2019  
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 -2-84:2019  
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.or g.eg 
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504