G/TBT/N/EGY/333  
17 November 2022  
(22-8571) 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.: 0222845528  
Fax: 0222845504  
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):  Paints and 
varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notif ied document:  Draft of 
Egyptian standard "environmental performance label for paints (EPl) – requirements "; 
(21 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This draft of Egyptian standard is concerned with the 
requirements of the environmental perform ance card in paints and varnishes in terms of 
the content of volatile substances, the limits of hazardous substances and formaldehyde, 
and the form of the label for these requirements. It also includes the test methods.  
Worth mentioning is that this draft standard complies with the following:  
· 2014/312/EU Commission decision of 28 May 2014 establishing the ecological criteria 
for the award of the EU ECO label for indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes (notified 
under document C(2014) 3429) (text wit h EEA relevance)  
Directive 2004/42/CE of the European parliament and of the council of 21 April 2004 on 
the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic 
solvents in certain paints and varnishes and vehicle refinishing pro ducts and amending 
Directive 1999/13/EC  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/EGY/333  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
· 2014/312/EU Commission decision of 28 may 2014 establishing the ecologic al criteria 
for the award of the EU ECO label for indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes (notified 
under document C(2014) 3429) (text with EEA relevance)  
Directive 2004/42/CE of the European parliament and of the council of 21 April 2004 on 
the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic 
solvents in certain paints and varnishes and vehicle refinishing products and amending 
Directive 1999/13/EC  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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