G/TBT/N/EGY/287  
30 March 2021  
(21-2572) 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 notifi cation 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Equipment 
for children (ICS 97.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree No. 610 /2020 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 7094 
"Child use and care arti cles - Soothers for babies and young children - Safety 
requirements and test methods" (91 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 610 /2020 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by th e Egyptian standard ES 7094.  
This standard specifies safety requirements relating to the materials, construction, 
performance, packaging and product information for soothers.  
This standard is applicable to products that resemble or function as a soother. Some 
soothers may be marketed with other functions.  
This standard is applicable to these products (some examples are given in Annex C).  
This Egyptian Standard does not apply to products designed for specialist clinical medical 
applications, e.g. those relating to Pierre -Robin Syndrome or premature babies (see 
Annex C). The standard is not applicable to feeding teats. Safety requirements and test 
methods for feeding teats are i ncluded in all parts of EN 14350 [2], [3].  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of 
EN 1400:2013+A2:2018  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements; Other  G/TBT/N/EGY/287  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• EN 1400:2013+A2:2018  
• Ministerial Decree No. 610 /2020.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4 December 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 January 2021  
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