The Ministerial Decree No. 220/2021 (1 page, in Arabic) which mandates the Egyptian Standard ES 8442, gives the producers and importers a four-month transitional period to abide by the cancelled Egyptian Standard ES 734/2013 "Portable Dry Chemical Powder Fire Extinguishers" (69 pages, in Arabic) starting from 1 May 2021 until the end of the transitional period in 1 September 2021.
