G/SPS/N/EGY/74  
 
23 October 2015  
(15-5616)  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: Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation - Central 
Administration of Plant Quarantine 
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): Potato seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Currently approved origins for exporting potato 
seeds to Egypt.  
5. Title of the notified document: Import Phytosanitary Requirements And Specifications 
For The Importation Of Seeds Potatoes For the Growing Year 2015/2016  Language(s): 
Arabic  Number of pages: 4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/EGY/15_4300_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/EGY/15_4300_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Ministerial Decree No. 1485 for the year 2015: Import 
Phytosanitary Requirements and Specifications for the Importation of Seeds Potatoes for 
the Growing Year 2015/2016. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
ISPM No. 20  
[ ] 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/74 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Ministerial Decree No. 1485 for year 2015 (English unofficial translation available. See Item 5.) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 4 October 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 October 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 12 October 2015 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 December 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 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 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 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