Products covered: Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment (ICS 65.160)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 503/2023 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 8205-1 "General requirements for traditional cigarette alternatives - Part:1 Electronic Cigarettes – e- Liquid" (13 pages, in Arabic).
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 101/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/207/Add.1 dated 15 May 2019 and the Ministerial Decree No. 222/2021 (1 page, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/207/Add.2 dated 31 August 2021, mandated among others the earlier versions of this Standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with the following:
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 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
Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment (ICS 65.160)