Products covered: (ICS code: 13.060.10 ) Water of natural resources
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 503/2023 (2 page, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1589 "General standard for bottled/ packaged drinking waters (other than natural mineral waters) " (21 pages, in Arabic).
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 130 /2005 (11 pages in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/1 dated 14 Dec 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of this Egyptian Standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with modification with Codex standard CXS 227-2001 Adopted in 2001, Amended in 2019
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Date of adoption: 18 Dec 2023
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
