Products covered: (ICS code : 79.060.10 ) Plywood
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 949-3 for “Plywood -part: 3 - bonding quality - test methods and requirements” (26 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 Standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of ISO 12466-1:2007/AMD1 :2013 (2018), ISO 12466-2/2007 (2022).
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: 18 December 2023
Date of entry into force: 5 January 2024
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Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality
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