G/SPS/N/EGY/77  
 
16 August 2016  
(16-4407) 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 -Motadarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 228 45 528, +(202) 228 45 522, +(202) 228 45 224  
Fax: +(202) 228 45 504  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/tbteos@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specifi ed in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): MRLs of pesticide residues in food and feed  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All tradi ng partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Ministerial Decree No. 244/2016 regarding the 
Maximum Residue Limits of Pesticides in Food and Feed  Language(s): Arabic   Number 
of pages: 14 
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree repeals (139) Egyptian standards 
concerning the maximum residue limits of pesticides. It mandates the use of the 
Maximum Residue Limits listed in the Codex database "Codex Pesticides Residues in 
Food" issued by Codex Alimentarius Commission . 
In case the Codex database does not include a certain value of Pesticides Residues or a 
certain agriculture product, the values listed in the EU pesticides database issued by the 
European Commission shall be used. If the European Commission has n o adopted 
values, the tolerance values determined by the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) shall apply.  
In case of the absence of the allowed maximum pesticide residue limit values for any 
agricultural crop or product, the maximum pestici de limit values of the nearest group of 
agricultural crops or products shall be used in the same sequence mentioned above.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or d isease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/EGY/77  
 
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  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 Organi zation 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 this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No  
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:  
 Ministerial Decree No. 244/2016  
 Codex Pesticides Residues in Food Onli ne Database:  
http://www.codexalimentarius.org/standards/pesticide -mrls/en/  
 EU pesticides database:  
http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu -pesticides -
database/public/?event=pesticide.residue.selection&language=EN  
 United s tates Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):  
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi -bin/text -
idx?c=ecfr&sid=5d35d354cc838eb105a733f5dff13ab8&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/40cfr
180_main_02.t  
10. Proposed dat e of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 March 2016  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 20 April 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 21 April 2016  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final dat e for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 October 2016  
Agency 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  
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, [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