WTO notification · TBT
EgyptProposed measure, not in force yet
Official title
Draft of Egyptian standard ES 1595-3 for ' Single-use medical examination gloves Part 3: Specification for gloves made from poly (vinyl chloride) '.
Egypt notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 10 July 2026. The comment period closed on 8 September 2026.
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Published here:
Hospital equipment; Other rubber and plastics products
The comment period closed on 8 September 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/EGY/597; it can take them up with Egypt.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This draft of Egyptian standard ES 1595-3 specifies requirements for packaged sterile, or bulked non-sterile, poly (vinyl chloride) gloves intended for use in medical examinations, and diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, to protect the patient and the user from cross-contamination. It also covers poly (vinyl chloride) gloves intended for use in handling contaminated medical materials. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard adopts the technical content of ISO 11193-2:2006
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