Products covered: (ICS 71.100.80) Chemicals for purification of water
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 382-2 "Ethyl Alcohol- part 2: Alcohol Denaturants – Specification" (47 pages, in Arabic).
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of this standard ,and its draft was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.38 dated 10 November 2020.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with IS 4117/2008.
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard 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
