G/TBT/N/EGY/114/Add.2  
 
19 April 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  19 April 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title:  Ministerial Decree No. 195/2022  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
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Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
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[X] Other: Ministerial Decree No. 195/2022  
 
Description:  This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 195/2022 (3 
pages, in Arabic) amending the rules governing the registration of Factories eligible to export their 
products to the Arab Republic of Egypt as follows:  
• The third paragraph of Article (1) of Ministerial Decree No. 43 of 2016 is repealed.  
• Paragraph 3 of Article (2) of Ministerial Decree No. 43 of 2016 shall be replaced by the 
following paragraph:  
 
"Registration in the registry(register) referred to in Article (1) of Decree 43/2016 occurs 
as soon as the required documents are submitted and ful filled; the relevant applicant 
(on behalf factory or company )shall receive a proof of registration within a period of no 
longer than 15 days. In case of suspicion in the validity of the submitted documents, 
registration in the relevant registry will not t ake place until these documents have been 
verified. Based on a request from the applicant, inspection of the company or 
manufacturing plant may take place to verify the validity of the documents after 
obtaining the approval of the Minister of Foreign Trade ". 
 
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  • Paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 will be added to Article 2 of Decree 43 of 2016, and two new articles 
will be added Article 2(bis ) and Article 2(bis1 ) as follows:  
 
o Paragraph 4:  Documents for registration may be submitted through the embassies 
or consulates of t he governments of the relevant countries.  
o Paragraph 5:  Documents that have an expiry date shall be renewed within a period 
not exceeding 30 days from the date of expiry.  
o Paragraph 6:  Companies/factories registered or cancelled from the registry shall 
be pu blished monthly in the Egyptian Gazette and on GOEIC's website.  
  
Article 2(bis)  
Striking off /cancelling of registration shall take place through a decision by the head of GOEIC and 
the decision will state the reasons for cancellation of the registration. A grievance of the cancellation 
decision may be submitted within 60 days of informing the relevant factory /company to the 
grievance committee established as per Article 2 (bis1) of this decree.  
  
Article 2(bis1)  
A grievance committee shall b e established by a Decree of the Minister of Trade and Industry, to 
follow grievances against non -registration or cancelling of registration, and the grievance request 
shall be submitted to the Trade Agreements and Foreign Trade Sector. The grievance shall  be 
decided upon within a period not exceeding 15 days from the date of its submission, and the grievant 
shall be informed of the reasons of non -registration or cancelling of registration and the corrective 
actions that must be taken to re -register.  
  
Date of adoption: 29 March 2022  
Date of entry into force: 1 April 2022.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:  
Trade Agreements and Foreign Trade Sector  
Ministry of Trade and Industry  
Emtedad Ramses St., Nasr City, Cairo - Egypt 
Email: tas@tas.gov.eg  
Website: www.tas.gov.eg  
Tel.: + 20 (2) 23421950  
Fax: + 20 (2) 23421946  
  
National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg /eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel: + (202) 22845528 - Fax: + (202) 22845504  
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