G/TBT/N/EGY/126  
 
15 February 2016  
(16-0948)  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-Motadarrebeen 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): Road vehicles 
(ICS: 01.040.13) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ministerial Decree 
no. 692/2015 (3 pages, in Arabic) mandat ing the Egyptian Standard ES 7942/2015 
(76 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: Ministerial Decree no. 692 /2015 mandates that the producers 
and importers must comply with ES 7942/2015. Producers and importers are given a transitional period of twelve months.  
 1.1.ES 7942/2015 lays down the requirements which mechanical coupling devices 
and components shall meet in order to be regarded internationally as being mutually compatible. 
 1.2. This standard applies to devices and components intended for: 
 1.2.1. motor vehicles and trailers intended to form a combination of vehicles 1/ 
 1.2.2. motor vehicles and trailers intended to form articulated vehicles 1/, where 
the vertical load imposed on the motor vehicle by the trailer does not exceed 
200 KN 
 1.3. This Regulation applies to: 
 1.3.1. standard devices and components as defined in paragraph 2.3. 
 1.3.2. non-standard devices and components as defined in paragraph 2.4. 
 1.3.3. non-standard miscellaneous devices and components as defined in 
paragraph 2.5 
This standard complies with UNECE Regulations No. 55. G/TBT/N/EGY/126 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety requirements 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Ministerial Decree No. 692/2015 
 UNECE Regulation No. 55 Revision 2 
 Project of Developing standards for vehicles and its components in Egypt 
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-Motadarrebeen 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