Products covered: Paints and varnishes (ICS 87.040)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 221/2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1539 "paints and varnishes-requirement of emulsion water-based paints for interior and exterior surfaces " (13 pages, in Arabic).
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 174/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.34 dated 4 June 2020 mandated among others the earlier version of this Standard.
This standard cancels and supersedes its last edition in 2020.
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.
Date of adoption: 20 May 2021.
Date of entry into force: 14 June 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
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