G/SPS/N/EGY/129  
 
19 November 2021  
(21-8746) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Instant coffee  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree No. 219/2021 mandating the 
Egyptian Standard ES 8448 "Instant Coffee" . Language(s):  Arabic . Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  Ministerial Decree No. 219/2021 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 8448 
"Instant coffee" which is concerned with the basic requirements and descriptive criteria for 
the following coffee p roducts: Instant coffee  and Decaffeinated instant coffee.  
This standard does not apply to both concentrated liquid coffee extract, and coffee -based 
products (such as cappuccino, etc.).  
It should be noted that this standard cancels and replaces the requirements for instant 
coffee contained in Egyptian Standard ES No. 517, 1474 -1/2005 "Updated 2014".  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Hea lth (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/EGY/129  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
ISO 3509/2005 (confirmed in 2018), ISO 10470/2004 (confirmed in 2017)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 20 May 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 13 June 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 14 June 2021  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 18 January 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation  
1 Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation  
1 Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com