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

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"; (20 page(s), in Arabic)

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