G/SPS/N/EGY/125  
 
4 October 2021  
(21-7402) 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:  The National Food Safety Authority of Egypt (NFSA)  
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):  Food 
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:  The National Food Safety Authority Board of directors 
Decree No 6 of 2021 on Technical Rules for the Maximum Allowable Limits for Residues of 
Pesticides in and on Food Products of Plant and Animal Origin . Language(s):  Arabic . 
Number of pages:  1455 
6. Description of content:  Decree No 6 of 2021 sets the technical rules on the maximum 
permissible limits for pesticide residues and accidental residue in food products, whether in 
plant or animal origin, and the basic requirements for evaluating the results of the analysis 
of pest icide residues in and on foods for the purpose of monitoring levels of pesticide 
residues therein.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
− Codex MRLs: Pesticides Residu es in Food Online Database, 2019  
− CAC/GL 27 -1997 
− CAC/GL 59 -2006, amended in 2011  
− CAC/GL 40 - 1993, revised in 2003, amended in 2010  
− CXG 90 -2017 
− CAC/GL 41 -1993, amended in 2010  
− CXG 84-2012, adopted in 2012, amended in 2017  
− Codex Stan 73 -1981, adopted in 1981, amended in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 
2017 
− Codex Stan 74 -1981, adopted in 1981, revised in 2006. Amended in 2017  
− Codex Stan 72 -1981, formerly CAC/RS 72 -1972. Adopted as a worldwid e 
Standard in 1981, Amendment: 1983, 1985, 1987, 2011, 2015, and 2016. 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM  number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 7 July 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 7 July 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 December 2021  
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 5 89  
 +(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