G/SPS/N/EGY/96/Add.1  
18 April 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 4 April 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Poultry and eggs  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 503/2023 (2 page s, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the 
Egyptian  Standard ES 1090 for "Frozen Poultry and Rabbits "(partial amendment in 1 page, in Arabic).  
It should be no ted that Ministerial Decree No. 1097/2019 (1 page, in Arabic) which was formerly 
notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/96 dated 8 January 2020, mandated among others the earlier version of this 
Egyptian Standard.  
Worth mentioning is that ES 1090 "Frozen poultry and rabb its" (partial amendment No. 1 in 1 page, 
in Arabic) is concerned with amendment the note under clause (2) "Definition" . It is contained 
"Inedible parts are considered feathers, blood, and offal. Otherwise, they are considered edible parts".  
This standard h as been formulated according to National studies.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian Standards through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette . 
Date of adoption : 18 December 2023  
Date of ent ry into force : 5 January 2024  
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 previously 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) : Not applicable  G/SPS/N/EGY/96/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  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  
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
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 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) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
 
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