Certificate Of Conformity
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Discover which products are regulated under the GOEIC Conformity Assessment Programme and which are exempted from certification.
GOEIC maintains its own product list to help exporters determine whether or not their products are subject to certification. To find out if your shipment is subject to the GOEIC programme, please check if your products are present in the list below.
GOEIC Regulated Products (as per Decree 961)
⦁ Garments
⦁ Ready-made clothes
⦁ Home textiles
⦁ Shoes
⦁ Leather bags
Exempted Products include wallets, belts, bags in textile, wristlets (we here mean bracelets). If the wallets and belt products are present in the same shipment along with other subject goods, they must be reported on the Certificate of Conformity (COC), so as to be also subject to conformity assessment and testing. In case the wallets and belts are shipped in a separate shipment, no COC needs to be issued for them.
GOEIC Regulated Products (as per Decree 991)
⦁ Cosmetics, dental products, deodorants, bath products, and perfume ingredients.
⦁ Soap and detergents
⦁ Floor covers
⦁ Tableware, cutleries and utensils (kitchenware)
⦁ Sanitary ware, tubs, sinks, toilets and toilet seats
⦁ Toilet paper, sanitary & cosmetic papers and baby diapers
⦁ Household tiles
⦁ Table glassware
⦁ Reinforced steel bars
⦁ Household appliances (stoves, blenders, AC systems, fans, washing machines, fryers, heaters)
⦁ Office & household furniture
⦁ Bicycles and motorcycles
⦁ Watches
⦁ Household lightning equipment
⦁ Toys
⦁ Garments, Textiles, Furnishings, Rugs, Blankets and Shoes
GOEIC Regulated Products (as per Decree 403)
⦁ Door locks (8301.40)
⦁ Low pressure regulator for household use (9032.20)
⦁ Hand valve for gas pipes (8481.30 – 8481.40)
⦁ Insulated electric cables with rated voltage not exceeding 3 kV (8544)
⦁ Welding electrodes (8311)
⦁ Ballasts for lamps and discharge tubes (8504.10)
⦁ LED lamps, excluding LED lamps for vehicles (8539.50, 8543)
⦁ Electric cells and accumulators/Batteries (8506 – 8507)
For detailed information on the regulatory status of products that are not included in the lists above, please contact us.
GOEIC regulates several products with Certificates of Conformities being mandatory from November 18, 2021. To determine conformity, Cotecna, a trusted partner of the Egyptian government, physically inspects products, collects samples and tests goods in ISO 17025 accredited laboratories as per GOEIC requirements.
Pre
⦁ List of products planned to be shipped to Egypt
⦁ Company / Factory trade license
Required Documents
⦁ First step: Exporters or Egypt importers call export2gulf to fill in the application form and upload the following documents:
⦁ proforma invoice
⦁ packing list
⦁ product quality documents such as test reports and laboratory qualification certificates (ISO 17025 accreditation)
⦁ technical parameter tables
⦁ factory ISO certificates (if any)
⦁ Second step: Export2gulf will review the application and determine the applicable standards
⦁ Third step: If testing is needed, it can be carried out in the accredited laboratory, Export2Gulf coordinates sampling and implements laboratory testing
⦁ Fourth step: Export2gulf will coordinate and arrange for the on-site inspection by the inspector closest to the inspection site after the above steps are completed, and all costs shall be paid by the applicant
⦁ Fifth step: After the inspection is completed, the exporter submits the final documents (commercial invoice and packing list) to the inspection body
⦁ Sixth step: Inspection body issue the certificate of inspection for product clearance at customs in Egypt.
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