G/SPS/N/EGY/115  
 
21 September 2020  
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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  
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:  Decision of the board of directors of The National Food 
Safety Authority No. 8 /2020 . Language(s):  Arabic . Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Based on risk analysis principles and in Response to COVID -19 
this decision provides for a temporarily reduction in the percentage of consignments of 
imported Food raw materials and final food products subjected to inspection to be 25% 
Provided that:  
The imported food raw materials consignments are imported by food establishments 
registered in the "white list" at the National Food Safety Authority (NFSA). conditions for 
registration in the "white list" can be found at the NFSA website(www.nfsa.gov.eg).  
The final food products fall under the auspices of Decision No.2/2020 of the National Food 
Safety Authority (NFSA), where by the consignments are accompanied by a pre -shipment 
Certificate of Conformity (COC's) through a conformity assessment body that is registered 
and accredited at the National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) according to Decision 
No.2/2020.  
The NFSA Chairman may change the percentage of inspection of imports of Food products 
and raw materials in accordance with any changes that may occur.  
This decision shall be implemented until 31 October 2020.  
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.   G/SPS/N/EGY/115  
 
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  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 Guidelines for Food Import Control Systems 
(CAC/GL 47 -2003)  
[ ] 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 st andard?  
[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:  Decision 
of The Board Of Directors of The National Food Safet y Authority No.2/2020.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 26 July 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 13 August 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 14 August 2020  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
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