WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.34/Rev.1 
8 October 2009 
 (09-4876) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from Egypt
 
 
Revision  
   The following statement under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade 
has been received from the delegation of Egypt
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I. INTRODUCTION: 
1. The Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and its integral part, the 
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, (herei nafter referred to as the TBT Agreement) after 
having been accepted by the presidential decree No 72 of 1995, and approved by the Egyptian 
People's Assembly on 16 April 1995, came into for ce for the Arab Republic of Egypt on 30 June 
1995, and were incorporated into the domestic law  
II. EGYPTIAN WTO/TBT ENQUIRY POINT  
2. The Egyptian Organization for Standardization a nd Quality (hereinafter referred to as EOS) 
has been designated as the Egyptian WTO/TBT Enquiry Point as a single central government authority that is responsible for the implementation of the TBT Agreement. 
3. The address, telephone, fax and e-mail of the enquiry point are as follows: 
16 Tadreeb El - Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – EGYPT 
Telephone:  22845522 / 22845524 
Fax:   22845504 
E-mail: tbteos@eos.org.eg
,  moi@idsc.net.eg  
Website: www.eos.org.eg  
   Chairman: Dr. Eng. Mohamed Hany Barakat 
 
4. The principal responsibilities of the Egyptian WTO/TBT Enquiry Point include  responding 
to technical enquiries regarding domestic regulati ons , standards, conformity assessment procedures 
and fulfilling notification obliga tion under the TBT Agreement. G/TBT/2/Add.34/Rev.1 
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  III. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS:  
5. Technical regulations based on standards are submitted to the Minister of Trade Industry for 
approval and publication. There are other Ministries involved in the preparation, issuance and implementation of specific technical regulations, such as the Ministry of state for Environmental Affairs, the Ministry of Heath, the Ministry of El ectricity and Energy, the Ministry of Agriculture and 
the Ministry of Trade and Industry  
6. The texts of the new adopted technical regulati ons, conformity  assessment procedures and all 
legal acts falling under the scope of TBT Agreemen t are published in the Egyptian official Gazette  
7. The expected length of time for presenting co mments on draft technical regulations or 
conformity assessment procedures by other WTO members is 60 days, with exception for certain 
cases (depending on the urgency consideration) wh ere this period could be extended or reduced. 
IV. STANDARDS: 
8. EOS is the sole authority responsible for issu ing standard in the Arab Republic of Egypt. 
(a) EOS has accepted the Code of Good Prac tice for the Preparation, Adoption and 
Application of Standards; 
(b) The work programme on draft standards is available at EOS and can be submitted 
upon request;
 
(c) All Egyptian standards are harmonized with international standard according to ISO 
Guide 21; 
(d) List of adopted standards are published in the EOS magazine, on the EOS website as 
well as in the EOS standards catalogue . 
V. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES: 
9. The basic technical infrastructure for conform ity assessment procedures in the Arab Republic 
of Egypt is:  
- Testing labs : (Governmental, Private) 
- Certification : (Product-Governmental(EOS), Private) ( System –Private) 
- Inspection : (Private, Governmental GOEIC (Gener al Organization for Export and Import 
control)) 
- Metrology:  (Scientific, Industrial, Legal),  
- Accreditation:  (Governmental ( EGAC) Egypt Accreditation Council) 
 
VI. MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: 
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 
- International Organization fo r Legal Metrology (OIML) 
- Codex Alimentarius (CODEX)  
- African Regional Organization for standardization (ARSO)  G/TBT/2/Add.34/Rev.1 
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  - Arab Industrial Development a nd Mining Organization (AIDMO)  
- European Organization for Quality (EOQ) 
- International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) 
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM international) 
- European committee for standardiza tion (CEN) as an affiliated member 
 
VII. THE EGYPTIAN TBT MIRROR COMMITTEE 
10. The Egyptian TBT Mirror Committee comprises of representatives from relevant ministries as 
well as public and private sectors, it oversees the implementation of WTO/TBT Agreement. 
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