G/TBT/N/EGY/76/Add.3  
 
24 February 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  23 February 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title: The notification of the Ministerial Decree No.29/2021  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Products covered: Lamps in general (ICS 29.140.01)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.29/2021 (1 page, in Arabic) 
that: 
1-   For luminaries only it gives  the producers and importers one year transitional period starting 
from 3 February 2021, to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 7823/2020 "Energy efficiency 
requirements for electrical lamps and luminaries" (38 pages, in Engl ish) or until the issuance of 
its  amendment version, whichever is nearest.  
Worth mentioning is that the Ministerial Decree No.171/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/76/Add.2 dated 4 June 2020, that gives the producers and  importers a 
six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 7823/2020 for "Energy efficiency 
requirements for electrical lamps and luminaries" (38 pages, in English).  
2-    For lamps only  it stipulates that the producers and importers  will continue to apply the Egyptian 
Standard No. 7823/2014 "Energy efficiency requirements for electrical lamps" (24 pages, in English) 
 
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  which has been mandated by the ministerial decree No. 975/2014 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was 
formerly notified in G/TBT/ N/EGY/76 dated 9 March 2015.  
It should be noted that:  
- ES 7823/2020 is technically identical with modification with the commission regulation (EU) 
No. 874/2012 and the commission regulation (EU) No 1194/2012,  
- ES 7823/2014 is harmonized with an amendments wi th European directive (EU) 
No. 1194/2012, (EU) No. 874/2012.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption: 13 Januar y 2021.  
Proposed date of entry into force: 3 February 2021.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:  
National Enquiry Point 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  
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