Egypt | Standard ES 3189-1 "Eye and face protection – Sunglasses and related eyewear

Title of document
Ministerial Decree No. 103/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian standard ES 3189-1 "Eye and face protection – Sunglasses and related eyewear- Part 1: Sunglasses for general use" (33 pages, in Arabic).

Description
The Ministerial Decree No. 103/2019 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 3189-1 which is applicable to all a focal (Plano power) sunglasses and clip-ons for general use, including road use and driving, intended for protection against solar radiation. It should be noted that this standard cancels and supersedes the Egyptian Standard ES 3189/2007 "Sun glare eye protectors for general use" (34 pages, in Arabic). Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical to ISO 12312-1/2013, Amd1:2015.

Notifying member: Egypt

Notification: G/TBT/N/EGY/214

Objective tag
Protection of human health or safety

Objective
Health and consumer protection

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

Timing:

• Submission: 07/05/2019
• Reception: 07/05/2019
• Distribution: 10/05/2019
• Final date for comments: 09/07/2019
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A