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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/EGY/398

Notification No.

Notification Type

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Date of Notification

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Title

Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 8741-2 for "wooden sleepers for railway track part: 2 - application on wooden sleepers and bearers"

Objective

Quality requirements (TBT)

Product Covered

Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber (ICS code(s): 79.040); Construction of railways (ICS code(s): 93.100)

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ICSCODE

79.040 - Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber; 93.100 - Construction of railways

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Description

The Ministerial Decree No. 502/2023 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 8741-2 which defines wood species, quality requirements, origin, manufacturing conditions, forms, dimensions and tolerances as well as the durability and preservation of wood sleepers and bearers for use in railway tracks. It does not cover specific finishing processes which may be required by the customer. It does not apply to other track timbers.Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with EN 13145:2001+A1: 2011

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