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Draft of Egyptian standard ES 3123-4 'Safety of toys – part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities'
Egypt issued an addendum on 15 October 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/EGY/537. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 19 February 2025. The comment period closed on 20 April 2025.
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The comment period closed on 20 April 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/EGY/537/Add.1; it can take them up with Egypt.
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The Egyptian Standard ES 3123-4 'Safety of toys – part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities'
Products covered Toys (ICS code(s): 97.200.50). This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 246 /2025 (5 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian StandardES 3123-4 'Safety of toys – part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities'; (41 page(s), in English). It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/537 dated 19 February 2025. Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of EN 71-4:2020+A1:2025. 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) 22845504
This Standard specifies requirements for the maximum amount, and in some cases, the maximum concentration of certain substances and mixtures used in experimental sets for chemistry and related activities. These substances and mixtures are: - Those classified as hazardous by the EC-legislation applying to hazardous substances and hazardous mixtures; - Substances and mixtures which in excessive amounts could harm the health of the children using them and which are not classified as hazardous by the above-mentioned legislation; and - Any other chemical substance(s) and mixture(s) delivered with the experimental set. This document applies to experimental sets for chemistry and related activities including crystal growing sets, carbon dioxide generating experimental sets and supplementary sets. It also covers sets for chemical experiments within the fields of mineralogy, biology, physics, microscopy and environmental science whenever they contain one or more chemical substances and/or mixtures which are classified as hazardous according to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard adopts the technical content of EN 71-4/2020
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AddendumG/TBT/N/EGY/537/Add.1
The Egyptian Standard ES 3123-4 'Safety of toys – part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities'
Products covered Toys (ICS code(s): 97.200.50). This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 246 /2025 (5 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian StandardES 3123-4 'Safety of toys – part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities'; (41 page(s), in English). It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/537 dated 19 February 2025. Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of EN 71-4:2020+A1:2025. 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) 22845504
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/EGY/537
Comment deadline: Closed on 20 April 2025
Draft of Egyptian standard ES 3123-4 'Safety of toys – part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities'
This Standard specifies requirements for the maximum amount, and in some cases, the maximum concentration of certain substances and mixtures used in experimental sets for chemistry and related activities. These substances and mixtures are: - Those classified as hazardous by the EC-legislation applying to hazardous substances and hazardous mixtures; - Substances and mixtures which in excessive amounts could harm the health of the children using them and which are not classified as hazardous by the above-mentioned legislation; and - Any other chemical substance(s) and mixture(s) delivered with the experimental set. This document applies to experimental sets for chemistry and related activities including crystal growing sets, carbon dioxide generating experimental sets and supplementary sets. It also covers sets for chemical experiments within the fields of mineralogy, biology, physics, microscopy and environmental science whenever they contain one or more chemical substances and/or mixtures which are classified as hazardous according to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard adopts the technical content of EN 71-4/2020
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