EGY/287
WTO/TBT
EG Egypt
  • 97 - Domestic and commercial equipment, Entertainment, Sports
2021-05-29
2021-04-01

Equipment for children (ICS 97.190)

The Ministerial Decree No. 610 /2020 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 7094 "Child use and care articles - Soothers for babies and young children - Safety requirements and test methods" (91 page(s), in English)

The Ministerial Decree No. 610 /2020 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 7094.

This standard specifies safety requirements relating to the materials, construction, performance, packaging and product information for soothers.

This standard is applicable to products that resemble or function as a soother. Some soothers may be marketed with other functions.

This standard is applicable to these products (some examples are given in Annex C).

This Egyptian Standard does not apply to products designed for specialist clinical medical applications, e.g. those relating to Pierre-Robin Syndrome or premature babies (see Annex C). The standard is not applicable to feeding teats. Safety requirements and test methods for feeding teats are included in all parts of EN 14350 [2], [3].

Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of EN 1400:2013+A2:2018

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