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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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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[1] This information can be provided by including a website address, a
pdf attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified
measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.