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Egypt –Egyptian Standards ES 375/2015 on portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers

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Egypt – Egyptian Standards ES 375/2015 on portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers:

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality published Ministerial Decree No. 691/2015, which states that producers or importers have six month transitional period to abide Egyptian Standards ES 375/2015 for portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers.

This Ministerial decree mandates that the producers and importers must comply with ES375/2015, the earlier version of which was already mandated. Producers and importers are given a six-month transitional period to comply.

This Egyptian standard specifies the minimum requirements for the design, manufacture, performance, handling, testing, maintenance and filling or refilling of portable fire extinguishers which work with carbon dioxide and have a body made of steel without soldering, with capacities of 2, 3, 5 & 6 kg, provided that the full weight of fire extinguisher apparatus with the Package and all accessories does not exceed twenty-five kilograms.

This standard complies with:

· DIN EN 3-7:2007 – Portable fire extinguishers – Part 7: Characteristics, performance requirements and test methods

· DIN EN 3-8:2007, including its corrigenda issued in 2008 – Portable fire extinguishers – Part 8: Additional requirements to EN 3- 7 for the construction, resistance to pressure and mechanical tests for extinguishers with a maximum allowable pressure equal to or lower than 30 bar

· EN 3-9:2008 – Portable fire extinguishers – Part 9: Additional requirements to EN 3-7 for pressure resistance of CO2 extinguishers

· EN 3-10:2010 – Portable fire extinguishers – Part 10: Provisions for evaluating the conformity of a portable fire extinguisher to EN 3-7

Proposed date of entry into force: 6 November 2015

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures, so that these can be taken up suitably.

 

 


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