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Draft of Egyptian standard ES 3123-6 for 'Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters'.
Egypt issued an addendum on 6 November 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/EGY/546. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1 July 2025. The comment period closed on 30 August 2025.
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The comment period closed on 30 August 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/546/Add.1; it can take them up with Egypt.
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The Egyptian Standard ES 3123-6 'Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters'
Products covered: Toys (ICS code(s): 97.200.50) This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.371/2025 (1 page, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 3123-6 'Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters'; (45 page(s), in Arabic). It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/546 dated 1 July 2025. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 8124-6 /2023. 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: 22 October 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 a method standard for the determination of di-iso-butyl phthalate (DIBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl-butyl phthalate (BBP), bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP) and di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP) in toys. It can also be applied to other phthalate esters (see G.2) if adequate validation is demonstrated. This document applies to toys made of plastics, textiles, coatings and liquids. This document has been validated for polyvinylchloride (PVC) and polyurethane (PU) plastics and some representative paint coatings (see Annex B). This document can also be applied to other product categories. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with ISO 8124- 6/2023.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/EGY/546/Add.1
The Egyptian Standard ES 3123-6 'Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters'
Products covered: Toys (ICS code(s): 97.200.50) This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.371/2025 (1 page, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 3123-6 'Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters'; (45 page(s), in Arabic). It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/546 dated 1 July 2025. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 8124-6 /2023. 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: 22 October 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/546
Comment deadline: Closed on 30 August 2025
Draft of Egyptian standard ES 3123-6 for 'Safety of toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters'.
This Standard specifies a method standard for the determination of di-iso-butyl phthalate (DIBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl-butyl phthalate (BBP), bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP) and di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP) in toys. It can also be applied to other phthalate esters (see G.2) if adequate validation is demonstrated. This document applies to toys made of plastics, textiles, coatings and liquids. This document has been validated for polyvinylchloride (PVC) and polyurethane (PU) plastics and some representative paint coatings (see Annex B). This document can also be applied to other product categories. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with ISO 8124- 6/2023.
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