G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.1  
 
3 June 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 June 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Ministerial Decree No. 100/2019 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional 
period to abide by Egyptian Standards related to some food products  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 209/2020 which extends the 
expiry dates to be nine months for frozen fish and ten months for frozen liver from the date of 
slaughter. This decision is valid until 31 December 2020 which concerns the Egyptian Standard ES 
2613-2/2008 for "shelf life for food products part : 2 shelf life".  
It should be noted that Egyptian Standard ES 2613 -2/2008 for "shelf life for food products part : 2 
and the Ministerial Decree No. 100/2019 were formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/92 dated 8 July 2019 
mandating -among other things - the earlier version of this Egyptian Standard.  
Worth mentioning that this standard has been formulated according to National Studies and its 
updates.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the 
publication of administrative orders in the Official Gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption:11 A pril 2020.  
Proposed date of entry into force: 29 April 2020.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of p reviously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments , the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] Natio nal 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  
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 3337 6589  
+(202) 3749 0805  
Fax: +(202) 3749 0805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com   
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if availabl e) of other body:  
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation  
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 3337 6589  
+(202) 3749 0805  
Fax: +(202) 3749 0805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com   
 
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