G/TBT/N/EGY/1/Add.20  
11 March 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):  Terracotta 
building products (ICS code(s): 91.100.25)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of  the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian standard ES 41 -1 for 
"vitrified clay liner plates part 1: specification"; (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 49 9 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) gives 
producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard 
ES 41 -1 that establishes the criteria for the acceptance of vitrified clay liner plates used 
to protectively line or face pipe, cul verts, abutments, structures, or appurtenances. Linear 
plates manufactured shall be known as curved linear plates or flat liner plates. These 
plates shall be manufactured from fire clay, shale, surface clay, or a combination of these 
materials that, when f ormed into liner plates and fired to suitable temperatures, yield a 
product that is strong, durable, serviceable, and free of objectionable defects. The 
absorption of liner plates shall not exceed 6%. The liner plates shall be subjected to acid 
resistance test. These liner plates shall be uniformly vitrified throughout their thickness 
and have a homogeneous structural texture.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of ASTM C479 -
2017(2022)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/EGY/1/Add.20  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023  
• ASTM C479 -2017(2022)  
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.org.eg  
Tel: + (20 2) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504