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2018-11-03
2018-09-05

ICS: (97.180) Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment, ICS: (97.190) Equipment for children

Ministerial Decree No. 478/2018 (3 pages, in Arabic), mandating the Egyptian standard ES 8165 "Writing and marking instruments - Specification for caps to reduce the risk of asphyxiation" (14 pages, in Arabic)

The Ministerial Decree No. 478/2018 gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 8165 which specifies requirements to reduce the risk of asphyxiation from caps for writing and marking instruments. It relates to such instruments which in normal or foreseeable circumstances are likely to be used by children up to the age of 14 years.

This standard is not applicable to the following:

·         writing and marking instruments which are designed or only intended for use by adults, e.g. jewellery pens, expensive fountain pens, professional technical pens;

·         transit caps for refills. Worth mentioning is that this standard is identical with ISO 11540/2014.

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