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:
Worth mentioning is that this standard is identical with ISO 11540/2014.
ICS: (97.180) Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment, ICS: (97.190) Equipment for children.
