Paper products (ICS code(s): 85.080)

Ministerial Decree No. 144 /2024 (1 page, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 1230 for " Cigarette paper " (9 pages, in Arabic) (partial amendment in 1 page, in Arabic).

The Ministerial Decree No. 144/ 2024 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 1230 which specifies the requirements of automatic cigarette tobacco rolling papers and methods of inspection and test.

Worth mentioning is that this standard has been partially modified in the following item:

-Item (4) Essential Requirements – change item (4/2) to be "The basic weight of cigarette rolling paper should not exceed 50 g/m2 (excluding the weight of the filter and its wrapper in the case of cigarettes equipped with a filter"

Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National Studies.