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10 May 2019  
(19-3218) 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 /tbteos@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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Head 
protective equipment (ICS: 13.340.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 103/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian standard ES 3189 -1 
"Eye and face protection – Sunglasses and related eyewear - Part 1: Sunglasses for 
general use" (33 pages, in Arabic).  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial D ecree No. 103/2019 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 3189 -1 
which is applicable to all a focal (Plano power) sunglasses and clip -ons for general use, 
including road use and driving, inten ded for protection against solar radiation.  
It should be noted that this standard cancels and supersedes the Egyptian Standard 
ES 3189/2007 "Sun glare eye protectors for general use" (34 pages, in Arabic).  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technica lly identical to ISO 12312 -1/2013, 
Amd1:2015.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Health and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
- ISO 12312 -1/2013, Amd1:2015.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  7 February 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  7 March 2019  G/TBT/N/EGY/214  
 
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  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 /tbteos@eos.org.eg    
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg   
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
 