G/TBT/N/EGY/270  
21 September 2020  
(20-6367) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
The National Food Safety Authority (NFSA)  
110 Kasr Alaini Street, Cairo, Egypt.  
Tel: 27933493  
Tel: 27933497  
Fax: 27933496  
Email: info@nfsa.gov.eg  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses , if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Decision of 
the Board of Directors of the National Food Safe ty Authority (NFSA) No. 1/2020 on 
Issuance of Technical Regulations Governing Issuance of Validity Certificates for Food 
Exports. (4 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This decision regulates the Validity Certificate issued by the 
National Foo d 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, inc luding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Food safety and consumer protection; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Decision of the Board of Directors of the National Food Safety Authority 
No. 1/2020.  
• 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  20-1995).  
• Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between Countries on Rej ections of 
Imported Foods (CAC/GL 25 -1997/2016).  
• Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Assessment and Accreditation of Food 
Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CAC/GL 26 -1997).  
• Guidelines for the Development of Equivalence Agreements Re garding Food 
Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CAC/GL 34 -1999).  
• Guidelines on the Judgment of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures Associated with 
Food Inspection and Certification Systems (CAC/GL 53 -2003).  
• Principles for Traceability/Pro duct Tracing as a Tool within a Food Inspection and 
Certification System (CAC/GL 60 -2006).  
• Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between Importing and 
Exporting Countries to Support the Trade in Food (CAC/GL 89 -2016).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 January 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  18 February 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  NA 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
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