Glass - Glass in building ICS (81.040.20).

Ministerial Decree No. 477/2018 (3 pages, in Arabic) mandating the following Egyptian Standards:

·         ES 7854-2"glass in building - coated glass part: 2 requirements and test methods for class a, b and s coatings" (34 pages, in Arabic). ES 7854-3" glass in building - coated glass part: 3 requirements and test methods for class c and d coatings " (21 pages, in Arabic).

The Ministerial Decree No.477/2018 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standards ES 7854-2 and ES 7854-3 which specify the requirements and test methods related to artificial weathering, abrasion and resistance to solar radiation for coated glass for use in buildings. Worth mentioning is that these standards are identical with EN 1096-2/2012 and EN 1096-3/2012.