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9 February 2024  
(24-1067) 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  / 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:   
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):  Lifts. 
Escalators (ICS code(s): 91.140.90)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 502 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 6113 -7 
for " Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Examinations and tests - 
Part 7: Design rules, calculations, examinations and t ests of lift components " .; (106 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 6113 -7 
which specifies the design  rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components 
which are referred to by other standards used for the design of passenger lifts, goods 
passenger lifts, goods only lifts, and other similar types of lifting appliances.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of EN 81 -50:2020  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial Decree No. 502/2023  
• EN 81 -50:2020  G/TBT/N/EGY/376  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  18 December 2023  
Proposed date of e ntry into force:  5 January 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
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  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  / eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
 