G/TBT/N/EGY/420  
16 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):  Cleaning 
appliances (ICS code(s): 97.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifie d document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating The Egyptian standard ES 7300 for 
"Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Particular requirements for high 
pressure cleaners and steam cleaners"; (215 page(s), in E nglish)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) gives 
producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard 
ES 7300 which deals with the safety of high -pressure cleaners with out traction drive, 
intended for household and commercial indoor or outdoor use, having a rated pressure 
not less than 2,5 MPa and not exceeding 35 MPa. It also applies to steam cleaners and 
those parts of hot water high pressure cleaners incorporating a s team stage which have 
a capacity not exceeding 100 l, a rated pressure not exceeding 2,5 MPa and a product of 
capacity and rated pressure not exceeding 5 MPa. They are not equipped with a traction 
drive. The following power systems of the drive for the high-pressure  pump are covered:  
- Mains powered motors up to a rated voltage of 250 V for single -phase machines and 
480 V for other machines,  
- Battery -operated motors,  
- Internal combustion engines,  
- Hydraulic or pneumatic motors.  G/TBT/N/EGY/420  
 
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  Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of IEC 60335 -2-
79:2021  
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 -2-79:2021  
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