On July 10, 2024, the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS), together with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of Egypt, officially issued the New Regulations on Safety Management of Elevators and Escalators, which comprehensively upgraded the certification, safety control and operation management of elevator products in the Egyptian market. The core contents include: First, upgrade the mandatory EOS certification requirements, clarifying that all complete elevator machines and core safety components entering the Egyptian market must obtain mandatory EOS certification, and uncertified products are prohibited from being imported and sold. Second, strengthen the full life cycle safety control of elevators, and clarify the full chain safety responsibilities of elevator manufacturers, installation units, maintenance units and user units. Third, mandatorily promote the elevator digital traceability system, and all newly installed elevators must be connected to the national elevator safety supervision platform of Egypt. Fourth, upgrade the maintenance management requirements, clarifying that elevator maintenance units must obtain the official qualification license of Egypt, and carry out at least one routine maintenance every month. Fifth, strengthen the emergency rescue requirements, clarifying that the elevator entrapment rescue must be handled on site within 30 minutes. The new regulation has a 6-month transition period and was officially implemented on January 10, 2025.