. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EGY/21 
4 May 2010  
 (10-2439) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EGYPT
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  moi@idsc.net.eg/tbteos@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 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Motor Vehicles – Brake 
Linings 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
No. 32/2010 (3 pages, Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This decree states that complian ce with the following Egyptian  
standard is mandatory.  
ES 7092/2010:  Uniform provisions concerning th e approval of replacement brake lining 
assemblies and drum brake linings for power-d riven vehicles and their trailers (English). 
This Standard applies to: 
1.1.1  Replacement brake lining assemblies intended for use in friction brakes forming part 
of a braking system of vehicles of category M,  N, L and O which have a type approval in 
accordance with Regulatio ns Nos. 13, 13-H or 78; 
1.1.2  Replacement drum brake linings designed to  be riveted to a brake shoe for fitment to 
and use on vehicles of category M3, N2, N3, O3 or O4 having a type approval in accordance 
with Regulation No. 13; G/TBT/N/EGY/21 
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  1.2  Replacement brake lining assemblies may be approved for fitment and use on power 
driven vehicles and trailers having type appr oval in accordance with Regulation No. 13 or 
Regulation No. 78.  Replacement drum brake linin gs designed to be riveted to a brake shoe 
may be approved for fitment and use on power- driven vehicles and trailers having type 
approval in accordance with Regulation No. 13 and classified in categories M3, N2, N3, O3 
and O4.1/. 
The standard is identical with the latest version of UNECE Vehi cle Regulations – 1958 
Agreement  Regulation No. 90  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   UNECE Vehicle Regulations – 1958 Agreement Regulation No. 90   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    18 January 2010   
18 July 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the  circulation date (date of the notification) 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt E-mail:  moi@idsc.net.eg   
Website:  http://www.eos.org.eg