Products covered: Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Domestic electrical appliances in general (ICS 97.030).
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 1781 "Safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliance- General requirements" (267 pages, in Arabic).
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 171/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.1 dated 4 June 2020 mandated among others the earlier version of this Standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233 dated 12 November 2019 and G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.2 dated 18 December 2024.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with modification with IEC 60335-1:2020.
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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