Description: Products covered: Explosives. Pyrotechnics and fireworks (ICS code(s): 71.100.30).
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 7 /2025 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1561 " pure Ammonium nitrate for explosives "; (24 page(s), in Arabic)
It should be noted that the draft of Egyptian standard ES 1561 was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.83 dated 15 July 2024, and 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 is technically identical with IS 4668/1985 (Reaffirmed 2011)
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: 1 January 2025.
Date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.
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