G/SPS/N/EGY/113  
 
21 September 2020  
(20-6370) 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  
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.1/2020 on Issuance of Technical Regulations Governing Issuance of 
Validity Certificates for Food Exports . Language(s):  Arabic . Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  This decision regulates the Validity Certificate issued by the 
National Food Safety Authority (NFSA), upon the request of the competent authority in 
the importing country, or the exporter of food consignments,  in the form and format 
agreed upon and in accordance with the rules and procedures provided for in the Decision.  
NFSA may verify the extent to which exported food consignments fulfil the food safety 
requirements of importing countries and other procedures and mechanisms provided for 
in the provisions of this Decision.  
The purpose of this Decision is to simplify the process of issuing Export Validity Certificates 
and related documentation and to prevent the use of fraudulent certificates. In addition, 
it expedites the clearance process while meeting the importing country requirements.  
The certification acts as an assu rance that the exported Egyptian food products comply 
with the applicable standards and requirements at the country of destination as 
requested.  
Worth mentioning is that this decision complies with international Guidelines.  
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 Alimen tarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
− Guidelines for Design, Production, Issuance, and Use of Generic Official 
Certificates (CAC/GL 38 -2001).  
− Principles for Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification (CAC/GL 
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  − Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between Countries on Rejections of 
Imported Food (CAC/GL 25 -1997/2016).  
− Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Assessment and Accreditation of Food 
Import and Export Inspection and C ertification Systems (CAC/GL 26 -1997).  
− Guidelines for the Development of Equivalence Agreements Regarding Food 
Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CAC/GL 34 -1999).  
− Guidelines on the Judgment of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures Associate d with 
Food Inspection and Certification Systems (CAC/GL 53 -2003).  
− Principles for Traceability/Product Tracing as a Tool within a Food Inspection and 
Certification System (CAC/GL 60 -2006).  
− Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between I mporting and 
Exporting Countries to Support the Trade in Food (CAC/GL 89 -2016).  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM numbe r):  
[ ] 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:  Decision 
of The Board Of Directors of The National Food Safety Authority No.1/2020   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 29 January 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 17 February 2020  
11. Proposed  date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 18 February 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 oth er 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