Products covered: (ICS 11.140) Hospital equipment, (ICS 83.140.99) Other rubber and plastics products.
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 609 /2020 (3 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1595-2 "Rubber Gloves Used For Medical Purposes Part 2: Single – Use Medical Examination Gloves Made From Rubber Latex Or Rubber Solution " (21 pages, in English).
It should be noted that the 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 Egyptian standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of ISO 11193-1 /2020 .
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: 4 December 2020.
Proposed date of entry into force: 15 January 2021.
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