Products covered: Concrete and concrete products (ICS code(s): 91.100.30); Construction of railways (ICS code(s): 93.100)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.141/2024 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 8801-2 for "Railway applications - Track - Concrete sleepers and bearers - Part 2: Prestressed monoblock sleepers"; (25 page(s), in Arabic)
It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/372 dated 14 November 2023.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with EN 13230-2/2016
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: 22 April 2024
Date of entry into force: 22 May 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
Concrete and concrete products (ICS code(s): 91.100.30); Construction of railways (ICS code(s): 93.100)
