WTO notification · TBT
EgyptProposed measure, open for comments
Official title
Draft of Egyptian standard ES 5887 for 'Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption - Aluminium chloride anhydrous, aluminium chloride basic, dialuminium chloride pentahydroxide and aluminium chloride hydroxide sulfate'.
Egypt notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 21 October 2026. Comments are open until 20 December 2026.
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Chemicals for purification of water
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 20 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/EGY/602 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Egypt.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)This draft of the Egyptian standard specifies the characteristics, requirements and practical information for aluminium chloride anhydrous, aluminium chloride basic, dialuminium chloride pentahydroxide and aluminium chloride hydroxide sulfate used in the treatment of water intended for human consumption. The standard covers identification, commercial forms, physical and chemical properties, purity criteria, sampling and analytical methods, and rules for labelling, transport, storage and safe handling. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with EN 17034/2018.
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