G/SPS/N/EGY/145  
4 April 2024  
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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):  Cereals, pulses and derived 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. 503 /2023 . Language(s):  
Arabic . Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Ministerial Decree No. 503 /2023 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1251 -1 
"Wheat flour with its different extraction and methods of analysis and testing part: 1 
wheat flour with its different extractions" (partial amendment in 2 pages, in Arabi c). 
It is worth mentioning that the partial amendments in ES 1251 -1 "Wheat flour with its 
different extraction and methods of analysis and testing - part 1" is concerned with the 
following:  
• Add new item No. 2/3/8 "Wheat flour extract 85%: It is wheat flour  that is 50% free of 
red tooth and fine and coarse germs";  
• Modify item No. 3/12 Ash percentages according to extraction calculated on dry 
weight;  
• Modify item No. 4/7 remainder after sieving.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does th is proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/EGY/145  
 
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  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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 18 December 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 4 January 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 5 January 2024  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 June 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National En quiry 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