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2 May 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  2 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  The draft of Egyptian Standard ES 695 -1 "carbon dioxide as fire extinguishing media for fire 
protection - specification"  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
The draft of Egyptian Standard ES 695 -1 "carbon dioxide as fire extinguishing media for 
fire protection - specification"  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  Products covered: (ICS code(s): 13.220.10) Fire -fighting  
This addendum concerns the notification of the draft of Egyptian Standard ES 695 -1 "carbon dioxide 
as fire extinguishing media for fire protection - specification" (23 pages, in Arabic).  
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 da ted 14 December 2005, mandated among others the earlier version of 
this Standard.  
Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with IS 15222/2002 (Reaffirmed 
2017).  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the  Egyptian standard through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
 
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/3/Add.74  
 
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  Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text availa ble from:  
National Enquiry Point  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg /eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
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