C818 - Egypt

About

Type of standardizing body:

Central government
WTO member status:

WTO Members
Year of acceptance of WTO TBT Code:

1995

Scope

Standards Activities: 1- Most of the Egyptian Standards are harmonized with International standards 2- Eos participates in the official Translation of ISO standards to Arabic in Order to be available to Arabic users (e.g. Management system) 3- EOS encourages Arabic community to use international standards as a reference to their national standards to facilitate Arabic trade. 4- EOS is willing to develop standards in many new fields as: Energy Management systems, Climate change, Recycling of waste, New energy resources, Safety requirement for textiles and toys and many other industrial products ,Organic food products, Green building materials, Food traceability , Genetically Modified Organisms. Other Activities: • Representing Egypt in the international and regional organizations concerned with standards, quality, measurements and metrology. • Granting license for quality mark and conformity certificate for the Egyptian products in various fields. • Providing technical consultancy and support in the field of standards and quality. • Calibrating measurement and testing equipment for companies and industrial establishments. • Testing and inspection of products. • Providing information for the concerned bodies in the field of standards, quality, measurements and metrology. • Providing training courses related to standardization activities. • Qualifying organizations for applying quality, environment and safety systems. • Undertaking the responsibility of the enquiry point relevant to Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT). • Participating in the work of CODEX Alimentations Committee. • Participating in the activities of African Regional Organization for Standardization (ARSO).and Arab Industrial, Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO).