G/TBT/N/EGY/151  
 
23 March 2016  
(16-1647)  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/ar  
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 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ministerial Decree 
No. 692/2015 (3 pages, in Arabic) mandatin g Egyptian Standard ES 7930/2015 “Uniform 
provisions concerning the approval of:  
1. Safety-belts, restraint systems, child rest raint systems and ISOFIX child restraint 
systems for occupants of power-driven vehicles 
2. Vehicles equipped with safety-belts, safety-belt reminders, restraint systems, child 
restraint systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems and i-Size child restraint 
systems" (114 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This Ministerial Decree mandates that the producers and 
importers must abide by ES 7930/2015. A transiti onal period of twelve months is given to 
abide by the standard. This standard applies to: 
1.1.  Vehicles of category M, N, O, L 2, L4, L5, L6, L7 and T), with regard to the installation of 
safety-belts and restraint systems which are inte nded for separate use, i.e. as individual 
fittings, by persons of adult build occupying forward-facing, rearward-facing and 
side-facing seats 
1.2.  Safety-belts and restraint systems which are intended for separate use, i.e. as 
individual fittings, by persons of adult build  occupying forward-facing, rearward-facing and 
side-facing seats, and are designed for installa tion in vehicles of category M, N, O, L 2, L4, 
L5, L6, L7 and T) 
1.3.  Vehicles of category M 1 and N 1 with regard to the installation of child restraint 
systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems 
1.4.  Vehicles of categories M 1 with regard to safety belt reminder  G/TBT/N/EGY/151 
 
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  1.5.  At the request of the manufacturer, it also  applies to the installation of child restraint 
systems and ISOFIX child restraint systems designated for installation in vehicles of categories M
2 and M 3. 
1.6.  At the request of the manufacturer, it also applies to safety-belts designated for 
installation on side-facing seats in vehicles of category M 3 (Class II, III or B) 
1.7.  At the request of the manufacturer, it also applies to installing i-size child restraint 
systems, in case i-size seating positions are defined by the vehicle manufacturer  
This standard complies with UNECE Regulation No. 16. 
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. 16, Revision 8 
 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-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/ar