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Draft of Egyptian Standard ES 1781 for 'Household and Similar Electrical Appliances'
Egypt issued an addendum on 15 October 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/EGY/233. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 12 November 2019. The comment period closed on 11 January 2020.
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Domestic safety; Domestic electrical appliances in general
The comment period closed on 11 January 2020. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.3; it can take them up with Egypt.
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The Egyptian Standard ES 1781 'Safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliance – General requirements'
Products covered: Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Domestic electrical appliances in general (ICS 97.030). This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 246 /2025 (5 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a twelve-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1781 'Safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliance- General requirements' (267 pages, in Arabic). It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 171/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.1 dated 4 June 2020 mandated among others the earlier version of this Standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233 dated 12 November 2019 and G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.2 dated 18 December 2024. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with modification with IEC 60335-1:2020. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: 11 August 2025. Proposed date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette. 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@eos.org.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202)…
This draft standard specifies requirements for the safety of electrical appliances used for household and similar purposes, and its rated voltage is not more than 250 volts for single-phase devices and 480 volts for other devices. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with modification with IEC 60335-1:2010/AMD2:2016
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AddendumG/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.3
The Egyptian Standard ES 1781 'Safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliance – General requirements'
Products covered: Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Domestic electrical appliances in general (ICS 97.030). This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 246 /2025 (5 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a twelve-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1781 'Safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliance- General requirements' (267 pages, in Arabic). It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 171/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.1 dated 4 June 2020 mandated among others the earlier version of this Standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233 dated 12 November 2019 and G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.2 dated 18 December 2024. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with modification with IEC 60335-1:2020. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: 11 August 2025. Proposed date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette. 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@eos.org.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202)…
AddendumG/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.2
Draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 1781 'safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliance'
Products covered: ICS: 13.120 (Domestic safety), ICS: 79.30 (Domestic electrical appliances in general) This addendum concerns the notification of the draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 1781' safety requirements for household and similar electrical appliance '(267 pages in Arabic). It should be noted that the G/TBT/N/EGY/233 dated 12 November 2019, the Ministerial Decree No. 171/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.1 dated 4 June 2020, mandated among others the earlier versions of this Standard. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with modifications to IEC 60335-1/2020. 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: To be determined. Date of entry into force: To be determined. Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt E-mail: eos@eos.org.eg/ eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: Tel.: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504
AddendumG/TBT/N/EGY/233/Add.1
Products covered: Domestic safety (ICS 13.120), Domestic electrical appliances in general (ICS 97.030) This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 171/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1781 for 'Household and Similar Electrical Appliances' (210 page(s), in Arabic) It should be noted that the draft of this Egyptian standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/233 dated 12
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/EGY/233
Comment deadline: Closed on 11 January 2020
Draft of Egyptian Standard ES 1781 for 'Household and Similar Electrical Appliances'
This draft standard specifies requirements for the safety of electrical appliances used for household and similar purposes, and its rated voltage is not more than 250 volts for single-phase devices and 480 volts for other devices. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with modification with IEC 60335-1:2010/AMD2:2016
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