IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

COMMUNICATION FROM egypt

Revision

The following communication under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, dated 12 September 2022, has been received from the delegation of Egypt.

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1  INTRODUCTION

1.1.  The Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, (hereinafter referred to as the TBT Agreement) after having been accepted by the presidential decree No 72 of 1995, and approved by the Egyptian People's Assembly on 16 April 1995, came into force for the Arab Republic of Egypt on 30 June 1995, and were incorporated into the domestic law.

2  Egyptian WTO/TBT Enquiry Point

2.1.  The Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (hereinafter referred to as EOS) has been designated as the Egyptian WTO/TBT Enquiry Point. The address, telephone, fax and e-mail of the enquiry point are as follows:

16 Tadreeb El - Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – EGYPT

Telephone: + (202) 22845522; + (02) 22845524

Fax: + (202) 22845504

E-mail: eos.tbt@eos.org.eg, eos@idsc.net.eg

Website: www.eos.org.eg

Chairman: Acting as a Head of the EOS, Dr.Eng. Kaled Hassan Sofy.

2.2.  The principal responsibilities of the Egyptian WTO/TBT Enquiry Point include responding to technical enquiries regarding technical regulations, standards, conformity assessment procedures and fulfilling notification obligations under the TBT Agreement.