Egypt | The Ministerial Decree No. 523 /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 1481 for "Domestic cookware coated with non - stick unreinforced plastics coatings" (17 page(s), in Arabic)

Title of document The Ministerial Decree No. 523 /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 1481 for "Domestic cookware coated with non - stick unreinforced plastics coatings" (17 page(s), in Arabic)

Description Ministerial Decree No. 523 /2021(2 pages, in Arabic) gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES1481 which specifies  the household utensils covered with non-stick materials used in household cooking, from a substance based on polytetrafluoroethylene, to which food does not stick, to cover the inner surfaces of cookware made of aluminium ores for household purposes with their different commercial names, as well as the lids of these utensils and hand rivets if covered with the same Subject. This standard cancels and supersedes its last edition ES 1481:2008. Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to national Studies.

Notifying member: Egypt

Notification: G/TBT/N/EGY/315

Objective tag Protection of the environment

Objective Safety requirements

Agency responsible Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg / eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel.: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504

Timing:

• Submission: 13/02/2022
• Reception: 14/02/2022
• Distribution: 14/02/2022
• Final date for comments: 15/04/2022
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A