G/SPS/N/EGY/133  
 
18 March 2022  
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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:  Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
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):  Fish and fishery products  
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:  Ministerial Decree No. 522/2021 mandating the 
Egyptian Standard ES 808 for " Packaged Anchovies ". Language(s):  Arabic . Number of 
pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Ministerial Decree No. 522/2021 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 808 for 
"Packaged Anchovies ". 
This standard specifies the essential requirements and descriptive criteria for "Packaged 
Anchovies" prepared for human consumption and inspection and test methods.  
This standard cancels and supersedes its last edition in 2005.  
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 Al imentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
− Codex Standard No. 236 -2003, "Standard for boiled dried salted anchovies"  
− Codex Stan No. 94 -1981 for "Canned sardines and sardine - type products". 
Adopted in 1981. Revised in 1995, 2007. Amended in 1979, 1989, 2011, 2013, 
2016, and 2018  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/EGY/133  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
PNS/BAFS 734:2015, Philippine national standard "Dried Anchovies" , 2015 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 2 November 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 November 2021  
11. Proposed date of entr y into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 4 November 2021  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 May 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
availa ble) 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