Description: Products covered: ICS: 33.160.01 (Audio, video and audiovisual systems in general), ICS: 35.020 (Information technology (IT) in general).
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 2501-1 “Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements “ (828 page(s), in English)
This standard cancels and supersedes the Egyptian standard ES 2501.
It should be noted that the draft of Egyptian standard ES 2501 was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/157/Add.8 dated 9 October 2024, and the Ministerial Decree No. 241/2016 (3 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/157 dated 15 August 2016, mandated among others the earlier version of this standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of IEC 62368-1/2023.
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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