G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.6  
21 July 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 21 July 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Food products  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.233/2023 (2 pages, in Arabic) 
which extends the shelf life of frozen fish and frozen liver stipulated in the Egyptian Standard 
ES 2613-2/2008 for "Shelf life for food products part 2: shelf life "to be nine months in case of frozen 
fish and ten months in case of frozen liver from the date of slaughter. This Decree is valid from 1 July 
2023 until 30 June 2024.  
It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 100/2019 which was formerly notified in 
G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.1 dated 3 June 202 0, the Ministerial Decree No. 653/2020 which was formerly 
notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.2 dated 15 March 2021 and the Ministerial Decree No. 222/2021 
which was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.3 dated 20 September 2021, the Ministerial 
Decree No. 5 22/2021 which was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.4 dated 18 March 2022, 
the Ministerial Decree No. 393/2022 which was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.5 dated 
25 August 2022, mandated among others the earlier versions and amendments of this  Standard.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National Studies and its 
Updates.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the 
publication of administrative orders in th e official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption: 26 June 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 July 2023  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.6  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agenc y or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  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  
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
Text(s) available from: [X]  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  
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
 
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