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4 March 2024  
(24-1983) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  4 March 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  The Egyptian Standard ES 4941 for" Medical electrical equipment - Particular requirements 
for the basic safety and essential performance of infant transport incubators".  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 18 December 2023  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 5 January 2024  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  Products covered : (ICS code(s): 11.040.10) Anaesthetic, respiratory and 
reanimation equipment .  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 4941 for "Medical electrical equipment - Particular requirements for the basic safety 
and essential performance of infant transport incubators" (49 pages, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/348 dated 
8 March 2023.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with IEC 60601 -2-20:2020  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Date of adoption : 18 December 2023  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/EGY/348/Add.1  
 
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  Date of entry into force : 5 January 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:  
National Enquiry Point  
Egyptian Organization for Standa rdization 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  
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