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8 March 2023  
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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.: 0222845528  
Fax: 0222845504  
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):  
Anaesthetic, respiratory and reanimation equipment (ICS code(s): 11.040.10)  
5. Title, number of p ages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of 
Egyptian standard ES 6134 -4 for "Medical Suction Equipment - Part 4: General 
requirements"; (43 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft standard specifies general requirements for m edical 
suction  equipment that are common to all parts of the ES 6134 series.  
This document is not applicable to the following:  
a) end-pieces  such as suction  catheters, drains, curettes, Yankauer suckers and suction  
tips; 
b) syringes;  
c) dental suction  equipment;  
d) anaesthetic gas scavenging systems;  
e) laboratory suction ; 
f) autotransfusion systems;  
g) mucus extractors including neonatal mucus extractors;  
h) suction  equipment where the collection container  is downstream of the vacuum pump;  
i) ventouse (obstetric) equipment;  G/TBT/N/EGY/346  
 
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  j) suction  equipment marked for endoscopic use only; and  
k) plume evacuation systems.  
Worth mentioning is that this Draft standard is technically identical with ISO 
10079 -4/2021.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 10079 -4/2021.  
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  
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.: 0222845528  
Fax: 0222845504  
 