Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Egypt - Certain phthalate esters in toys - 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 3123-6 "Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters"

 

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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: Toys (ICS code(s): 97.200.50)

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.371/2025 (1 page, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 3123-6 "Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters"; (45 page(s), in Arabic).

It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/546 dated 1 July 2025.

Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 8124-6 /2023.

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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