G/TBT/N/EGY/132  
 
9 March 2016  
(16-1393)  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 /tbteos@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg   
Tel.: + (202) 22845528 
Fax: + (202) 22845504 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Gas cylinders 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ministerial Decree 
No. 691/2015 (3 pages, in Arabic) giving a si x month transitional pe riod to abide by the 
Egyptian Standard ES 780-1/2015 "Gas cylinders –.refillable seamless steel gas cylinders – 
design, construction and testing-part 1: quenched and tempered steel cylinders with tensile strength less than 1100 MPa" (55 pages, in Arabic) 
6. Description of content: This Ministerial decree mandates that the producers and 
importers must comply with ES780-1/2015, the earlier version of which was already mandated. Producers and importers are given a six-month transitional period to comply.  
This part of standard specifies the minimu m requirements regarding materials, design, 
installation, craft, manufacturing processes, inspection and testing when manufacturing of refillable seamless gas cylinders of frequent packing and made of steel tempered and 
references thermally, with capacity of 0.5 liters up to and including 150 liters and used to 
fill compressed gas or liquefied or melted. This part of the standard applies on the 
cylinders carrying a maximum resistance to actual tightening of its metal 1,100 MPa. 
It is worth mentioning that this standard complies with ISO 9809-1/2010 Gas cylinders – 
Refillable seamless steel gas cylinders – Design, construction and testing – Part 1: Quenched and tempered steel cylinders with tensile strength less than 1100 MPa. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety requirements G/TBT/N/EGY/132 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Ministerial Decree No. 691/2015 
 ISO 9809-1/2010 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 15 September 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 November 2015 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the  date of the notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal 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 
Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504  E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg /tbteos@eos.org.eg   
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg