The following communication, dated 7 January 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Egypt.
Products covered: Incandescent lamps (ICS 29.140.20)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.1095/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 5677 "tungsten halogen lamps for general lighting service" (34 page(s), in English).
It should be noted that the draft of this Egyptian Standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/227 dated 17 September 2019.
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of IEC 604322:1999/AMD2:2012.
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: 29/11/2019
Proposed date of entry into force: 17/12/2019
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