G/TBT/N/EGY/131  
 
4 March 2016  
(16-1278)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: EGYPT 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: 
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St ., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt 
E-mail: eos @idsc.net.eg /tbteos@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg   
Tel.: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Fire extinguishers 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ministerial Decree 
No. 691/2015 (3 pages, in Arabic) giving a six mo nth transitional period to abide by Egyptian 
Standards ES 375/2015 "portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers" (81 pages, in Arabic)  
6. Description of content: 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 fi re extinguisher to EN 3-7 
 ISO 7165 – Fire fighting – Portable fire extinguishers – Performance and 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety requirements 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Ministerial Decree No. 691/2015 
 DIN EN 3-7:2007  
 DIN EN 3- 8:2007 + Cor. 2008 
 EN 3-9:2008 
 EN 3-10:2010  
 ISO 7165:2009   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 15 September 2015  
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 November 2015   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of the notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Address: 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen 
St., Ameriya, Cairo- Egypt 
Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/tbteos@eos.org.eg   
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg