Products covered: Petroleum products in general (ICS code: 75.080)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a twelve-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 3479-2 for "unleaded gasoline 95 octane" (17 pages, in Arabic)
This standard cancels and supersedes its last edition in 2010 and its partial modification in 2018.
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 and Ministerial Decree No.477/2018 (3 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.15 dated 4 September 2018 mandated among others the earlier version of this Standard and the Draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.56 dated 6 February 2023.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with modification with BS EN 228:2017.
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
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 Standardization and Quality
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