Gas cylinders (ICS code(s): 23.020.35)

Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 (4 pages, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 5437 for " Gas cylinders — Precautionary labels".; (13 page(s), in English)

The Ministerial Decree No. 499 /2023 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 5437 which specifies the design, content (i.e. hazard symbols and text) and application of precautionary labels intended for use on individual gas cylinders containing single gases or gas mixtures. Labels for cylinders of bundles and labels for bundles are not covered by ISO 7225:2005

Worth mentioning is that this standard adopts the technical content of ISO 7225:2005+ ISO 7225:2005/Amd1:2012