WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.34
22July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3081)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Addendum
Communication from theArab Republic ofEgypt
Thefollowing Statement under Article 15,paragraph 2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived
from thedelegation oftheArab Republic ofEgypt.
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1. TheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization anditsintegral part,theAgreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade, (hereinafter referred toastheTBTAgreement) afterhaving been
accepted bythepresidential decree No72fortheyear1995, andapproved bytheEgyptian People 's
Assembly on16April 1995, havecome intoforce fortheArab Republic ofEgypt on30June1995,
theTBTAgreement hasbeenincorporated intothedomestic law.
2. TheTechnical regulations, adopted standards, andprocedures forassessment ofconformity
arepublished intheEgyptian Official Gazette according tothedateofpublication, asregards the
standards under preparation, therelevant work programme isavailable attheEgyptian Organization
forStandardization andQuality Control (EOC) Information Center andcanbesubmitted uponrequest.
3. Theexpected length oftimeallowed forpresentation ofcomments inwriting ontechnical
regulations, standards orprocedures forassessment ofconformity shallbeingeneral 60days.
4. TheEgyptian Organization forStandardization andQuality Control (EOS) istheenquiry point
asasingle central government authority thatisresponsible fortheimplementation onthenational level
oftheprovisionsconcerninginformationabouttechnicalregulations,standardsandconformityassessment
procedures, andnotification procedures under theAgreement.
5. Theaddress, telephone andfaxnumbers oftheenquiry point areasfollows:
2,Latin America Street
Garden City
Cairo
EGYPT
Telephone: +(202) 35407.71
+(202) 35497.20
Telefax: +(202) 35578.41
Telex: 93296 EOSUN
E-mail: moi@idso.gov.eg
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6. The(EOS) isintheprocess oftranslating andexamining theISO/IEC Guides withaviewto
considering theapplication ofsuchGuides inthefieldofconformity assessments.
7. TheEgyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC) hasbeenestablished according tothepresidential
decree No.312fortheyear1996, thisCouncil isresponsible fortheassessment andaccreditation of
thecertification bodies according totheinternational criteria.