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Notifying Member: EGYPT

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

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

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

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

Tel.: + (202) 22845528

Fax: + (202) 22845504

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Animal husbandry and breeding (ICS code(s): 65.020.30); Electric heaters (ICS code(s): 97.100.10)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating The Egyptian standard ES 7303 for "Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Particular requirements for electrical heating appliances for breeding and rearing animals"; (42 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: The Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) gives producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 7303 which deals with the safety of all kinds of electrical heating appliances used for livestock rearing and breeding, such as: heat-radiating appliances, electrical sitting-hens, incubators, chicken breeding units and heating plates for animals, the rated voltage of the appliances being not more than 250 V for single-phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances.

This standard applies to heating appliances used for livestock rearing and breeding that include an electrical motor.

Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of IEC 60335-2-71:2018

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Safety requirements; Quality requirements

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Relevant documents:

·_        Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023

·_        IEC 60335-2-71:2018

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Proposed date of adoption: 18 December 2023

Proposed date of entry into force: 5 January 2024

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

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

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

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

Tel: + (202) 22845528

Fax: + (202) 22845504