29 October 2011 ESMA requires all electrical plugs to conform to UAE/BS 1363-5 standard (3-pin plugs) to ensure safety. Abu Dhabi, UAE: UAE will restrict the entry of appliances and electrical ...

South Africa’s electrical standards are undergoing a major shift as the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) works to make a compact, hexagonal three-pin plug the primary socket type in new ...

The UAE will restrict the entry of appliances and electrical equipment having 2- pin plug configurations in 2012 as Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (Esma) strengthens the ...

And if the plug is not UAE/BS 1363-5 compliant, the end-user has to resort to other ways of meeting those dimensions by using a pointed object to open the earth pin, and that is not safe. Badri said ...