Products covered: (ICS 85.080.10) Office paper.
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 13-4 for "paper- part 4: Bristol paper for drawing and printing"; (11 page(s), in Arabic).
It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/357 dated 19 June 2023
This standard cancels and supersedes its last edition ES 13/2005.
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National Studies.
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: 18 December 2023.
Proposed date of entry into force: 5 January 2024
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
Office paper (ICS code(s): 85.080.10)
