Products covered: ICS: 29.060.20 (Cables).
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 246 /2025 (5 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a twelve-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 182-1 "Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V PART 1: General requirements" (28 pages in Arabic).
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, the Ministerial Decree No.1000/2017 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.7 dated 10 January 2018 and the Ministerial Decree No. 197/2023 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.58 dated 10 August 2023, mandated among others the earlier versions of this standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.88 dated 18 December 2024.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with IEC 60227-1/2024.
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: 11 August 2025.
Proposed date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.
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