G/TBT/N/EGY/470  
2 May 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.: 0222845528  
Fax: 0222845504  
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):  Lifts. 
Escalators (ICS code(s): 91.140.90)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document:  Draft of the 
Egyptian Standard for " Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks — Part 
1: Energy measurement and verification "; (24 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Standard specifies:  
a) methods of measuring actual energy consumption of lifts, escalators and moving walks 
on a single unit basis;  
b) methods of carrying out periodic energy verification checks on lifts, escalators and 
moving walks in operation.  
This document only considers the energy per formance during the operational portion of 
the life cycle of the lifts, escalators or moving walks.  
For lifts, this document does not cover energy aspects, such as:  
a) hoist way lighting;  
b) heating and cooling equipment, including fans in the lift car;  
c) machine room lighting;  
d) machine room heating, ventilation and air conditioning;  
e) non -lift, display systems, closed circuit television security cameras, etc.;  
f) non -lift, monitoring systems (building management systems, etc.);  G/TBT/N/EGY/470  
 
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  g) the effect of lift gr oup dispatching on energy consumption;  
h) non -lift equipment consumption through the power sockets;  
i) energy storage systems if used as an alternative energy source for operation.  
For escalators and moving walks, this document does not cover energy aspects of the 
ancillary equipment, such as:  
a) lighting with the exception of comb plate lighting and step gap lighting and traffic light;  
b) cooling and heating;  
c) alarm devices and emergency battery supplies equipment, etc.  
Worth mentioning is that thi s draft standard is technically identical with ISO 25745 -
1:2023  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 25745 -1:2023  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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