G/TBT/N/EGY/280  
11 January 2021  
(21-0355) 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 notif ication 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):  Rotating 
machinery in general (ICS 29.160.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree No. 463/2020 (3 pages, in Arabic) amended by Ministerial Decree No. 474/2020 
(2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the following Egyptian Standards:  
• ES 2623 -3/ 2017 for "Rotating electrical machines – part 3: Efficiency classes of 
line operated AC motors (IE code)" (59 pages, in English),  
• ES 2623 -1/2015 for "Rotating electrical machines - Part 1: Standard methods for 
determining losses and efficiency from tests (excluding machines for traction 
vehicles)" (195 pages, in English),  
• ES 8268 -1/2019 for "Rotating electrical machines - Part 1: - Rating and 
performance" (157 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  These two Decrees No. 463/2020 and Decree No. 474/2020 
give the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by:  
1. ES 2623 -3/ 2017 for "Rotating electrical machines – part 3: Efficiency classes of line 
operated AC motors (IE code)", and its modifications.  
This standard specifies efficiency classes for single -speed electric motors, for operation 
on a sinusoidal voltage supply, and establishes a set of limit efficiency values based on 
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  2. ES 2623 -1/2015 for "Rotating electrical machines - Part 1: Standard methods for 
determining losses and efficiency from tests (excluding machine s for traction vehicles)" 
and its modifications.  
This standard intended to establish methods of determining efficiencies from tests, and 
to specify methods of obtaining specific losses, and applies to d.c. machines and to a.c. 
synchronous and induction mac hines of all sizes.  
3. ES 8268 -1/2019 for "Rotating electrical machines - Part 1: - Rating and performance"  
This standard is applicable to all rotating electrical machines except those covered by 
other IEC standards for example IEC 60349.  
The producers and importers of the three -phase, cage -rotor induction motors with 
capacities of 0.75 kilowatts and up to 375 kilowatts, given Eighteen -month transitional 
period to abide by no less than (IE3) energy efficiency level rating.  
The producers and imp orters must abide by installing a special dashboard for each engine 
in a visible place while adhering to the required data on the dashboard according to the 
Egyptian Standard ES 8268 -1/2019 and declaring the degree of energy efficiency (IE 
CODE) according to the tables of the Egyptian standard ES 2623 -3/ 2017 and its 
modifications.  
Testing and verification of energy efficiency levels for electric motors shall be conducting 
according to the Egyptian standard ES 2623 -1, using efficiency class tables in the Eg yptian 
standard ES 2623 -3, or accompanied by an accredit certificate confirming their conformity 
to the energy efficiency level according to the relevant Egyptian standards  
Worth mentioning is that the:  
• ES 2623 -3/ 2017 adopts the technical content of IEC 6 0034-30-1:2014.  
• ES 2623 -1/2015 adopts the technical content of IEC 60034 -2-1:2014.  
• ES 8268 -1/2019 adopts the technical content of IEC 60034 -1:2017.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Energy conservation, testing, labelling, quality; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial decrees No.463/2020.  
• Ministerial decrees No.474/2020.  
• IEC 60034 -30-1:2014.  
• IEC 60034 -2-1:2014.  
• IEC 60034 -1:2017.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4 October 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2020  
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