Exporting car starter batteries to Egypt: updated mandatory ES 21-1 standard
Egypt's Ministerial Decree No. 208/2026, adopted on 21 September 2026, gives producers and importers a six-month transitional period to comply with an updated edition of Egyptian Standard ES 21-1 on lead-acid starter batteries (general requirements and test methods), technically identical with IEC 60095-1:2018.
- Affected products
- Lead-acid starter batteries for vehicles
- Required action
- ES 21-1 is already mandatory; Decree 208/2026 gives six months to meet the updated edition. Gazette date not yet confirmed.
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- Source
- Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS) -- Ministerial Decree No. 208/2026, notified to WTO as G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.107
- Last verified
- 27 Oct 2026
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