Products covered: Products covered: toys (ICS: 97.200.50)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 561/2022 (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 " (partial amendment in 1 page, in Arabic).
It should be noted that 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 has been partially modified in the following items:
· Table (3) Limits of migratory elements.
· Item 5 marking.
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 standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: 17 November 2022
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 December 2022.
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
Tel: + (202) 22845528
Fax: + (202) 22845504
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg /eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg
