Description: Products covered: toys (ICS: 97.200.50)
This addendum concerns the notification of Ministerial Decree No. 524/2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 7093 "essential requirements for safety of toys" (118 page(s), in Arabic).
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 974/2014 (1 page, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/70/Corr.1 dated 11 June 2015 mandated among others the earlier versions of this standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/70/Add.1 dated 10 November 2020.
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with 2009/48/EC “Safety of toys".
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: 24 August 2021
Proposed date of entry into force: 25 November 2021
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:
National Enquiry Point 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
