G/SPS/N/EGY/60  
 
3 March 2015  
(15-1191)  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:  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt E-mail: moi@idsc.net.eg/tbteos@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel: +(202) 2284 5528 
Fax: +(202) 2284 5504 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Fish 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: Draft of Egyptian Standard for "Canned Tuna and 
Bonite" Language(s): Arabic Number of pages: 11  
6. Description of content: The draft Egyptian Standard for "Descriptive Criteria for 
Canned Tuna and Bonite" that complies with International Codex Standard No. 70-1981, 
amendments 2011, 2013. This draft supersedes the last version of ES No. 804/2005 that has been already mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005. 
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 stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) Codex Standard No. 70-1981, amendments 2011, 
2013 
[ ] 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/60 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: Codex 
standard No.70-1981, amendments 2011, 2013 for "Canned Tuna and Bonite" 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 2 May 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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) 3762 8195 
Fax: +(202) 3762 8195 
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation 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) 3762 8195 Fax: +(202) 3762 8195 
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com