Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Egypt - Paper and board for recycling - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 6 November 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Egypt.

 

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Title: The Egyptian Standard ES 4567 "paper and board for recycling"

 

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Notified measure adopted - date: 22 October 2025

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Notified measure enters into force - date: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette

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Description: Products covered: ICS: 85.060 (Paper and board).

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 372 /2025 (1 page, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 4567 "paper and board for recycling "(30 pages, in Arabic).

It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No.1308/2017 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.13 dated 21 February 2018, mandated among others the earlier version of this standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.91 dated 12 May 2025.

Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with the following:

·_        EN 643/2014.

·_        IS 17317/2019.

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: 22 October 2025.

Proposed date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.

Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:

National Enquiry Point

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt

E-mail: eos@eos.org.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg

Website: http://www.eos.org.eg

Tel: + (202) 22845528

Fax: + (202) 22845504

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