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9 May 2022  
(22-3599) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  / tbt.eos@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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Glass in 
building (ICS code(s): 81.040.20); Glass and ceramics industries (Vocabularies) (ICS 
code(s):  01.040.81)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of 
Egyptian Standard ES 353 -6 "Glass in building - Basic soda lime silicate glass products – 
Part 6: definition and general physical and mechanical properties"; (13 page (s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft standard specifies and classifies basic glass products 
and indicates their chemical composition, their main physical and mechanical 
characteristics and defines their general quality criteria.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with EN 572 -
1:2012+A1:2016  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
EN 572-1:2012+A1:2016  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/EGY/323  
 
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  11. 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  
Tel: (+202) 22845528  
Fax: (+202) 228455 04 
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  / tbt.eos@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
 