G/TBT/N/EGY/412  
15 February 2024  
(24-1352) 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  / 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):  Lifts. 
Escalators (ICS code(s): 91.140.90)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 502 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 6113 -6 
for " Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of 
persons and goods - Part 6: Passenger and goods pass enger lifts"; (184 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 gives producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 6113 -6 
which specifies the safety rules for permanen tly installed new passenger or goods 
passenger lifts, with traction, positive or hydraulic drive, serving defined landing levels, 
having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods, suspended 
by ropes or chains or jacks and moving  between guide rails inclined not more than 15° 
to the vertical. In addition to the requirements of this document, supplementary 
requirements shall be considered in special cases (use of lifts by persons with disabilities, 
in case of fire, potentially expl osive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, seismic 
conditions, transporting dangerous goods, etc.).  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of EN 81 -20:2020  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent proble ms where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/EGY/412  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023  
• EN 81 -20:2020  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  18 December 2023  
Proposed date of e ntry 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.org.eg  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504